Re: GSOS icon recognition problem.

[NO%lesh%SPAM%erjt%HERE@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Tilghman Lesher)]

cshank@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca wrote:
: I have created an icon for the IIgs to EXECute text files with the suffix
: ".EXEC" with BASIC.SYSTEM. Unfortunately, it appears that GSOS refuses to
: recognize any icons defined for file type $04 (TEXT). I have never
: encountered this problem with BINARY type files, so I am puzzled as to
: what accounts for this unusual behavior of custom TEXT icons. Lastly, it
: is worth noting that if I manually force a TEXT type file to be Launched
: with BASIC.SYSTEM by holding down the "Option" key, it EXECutes properly.

: Any suggestions on how I can get my custom icon to work? Am I missing
: something?

Use a disk management utility like ProSEL to move the file containing
your icon higher up in the Icons folder.  The problem likely is that
in a previous icon file, the text icon appears with an attribute to
match '*' files (all TXT files).

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