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Re: Util to put icon files into a file's resource fork ?



Clayburn Juniel/Effective Software Solutions (clay1@primenet.com) wrote:
: Auri Rahimzadeh (Auri Man) <auri@woz.org> wrote:
: : In article <3253B887.794B@sophia.inria.fr>, Frederic Devernay
: : <Frederic.Devernay@sophia.inria.fr> wrote:

: : > IIGS users,
: : > I'm tired of having all these icon files in the "icons" folder of my HD,
: : > is there a utility to put the icons into a program's resource fork ? I
: : > think System 6 handles these... (maybe I'm wrong)

: : They're called rIcons, but I have no idea how to implement them.  I just
: : thought I'd put my 2c in and tell you what they're called :P

: : -Auri

: : -- 
: : "I can only believe, yet not know the truth, as truth, in concept, is only a belief held by many." -Me.


: I've been thinking of writing a program to add rBundles to any program.
: rBundles tell the finder which (r)Icons go with wich programs.  I've
: already written rBundle Banger, so writing a program to add an rBundle
: wouldn't be to much more work.  But I'd also need an icon editor.

: --
: Clay

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ICE 1.0, from EGO systems ($10) is an excellent icon editor (IMHO - it is 
the only one I own). It also handles both standard and rIcon formats, and 
lets you cut and paste from one to the other. I hope this is what you need.

-Gareth