Re: GS/OS Question

["Marvin Miller" <marvinmiller@hotmail.com>]

Yes, that's what I was after. I thought maybe there would be something easy
like an .ini file or something - not being familiar with the GS/OS.

Thanks for clearing the matter up!

Best;
Marvin

"Rubywand" <rubywand@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> "Marvin Miller" <marvinmiller@hotmail.com> writes ...
>
> > "Rubywand" <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote
> > > Marvin Miller writes ...
> > > >
> > > > Hi;
> > > >
> > > > When using GS/OS 6.x and opening hard drives etc,
> > > > I get icons. By changing the setting to size in the
> > > > view menu I get the desired appearance.
> > > > Is there anyway to make that the 'default' view?
> > > >
> > >  ....
> > >
> > >      You can set your Preferences to save finder info.
>  ....
>
> > I did that. I was just wondering if there was
> > any way to make the default action detail view
>  ....
>
>      Okay; so, you are talking about having the listing of file names by
> file size be the view when any folder, etc. is opened (and the folder,
> etc. does not have saved finder info)?
>
>      As far as I know, there is no Finder setting which will do that.
> That is, if a folder has finder info recorded (e.g. in finder.data),
> then, that info will determine the format. If no finder info for the
> folder is available, then the format defaults to regular-size icons.
>
>      You can set the format for any given folder in the usual way; but,
> you are not allowed to set Finder's default format.
>
>      A way to change the default would be to locate the place in Finder
> code where Finder notices that there is no finder info and selects the
> default format. You could swap in the parms (maybe just a byte or two)
> for the default you like.
>
>      Maybe someone has a program (like a CDA or NDA) which lets you
> fine-tune Finder in this way.
>
>
>
> Rubywand
>
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