Re: Lots of icons and random Infinite Icon List

[nathan@parka.winternet.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <4ru0tn$9ie@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>,
Alexander Siegfried <ug0a@rzstud1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:
>I had _exactly_ the same problem some time ago. The scource of
>all your troubles is a corrupt "Desktop" file(s). Delete all
>present Desktop files, and try again! For me, this seems to be a
>bug in System 6.0.1. Nathan, any comments on this one? :)

   I've never seen a filetype note on those Desktop files; they should
be mostly a bunch of rBundles (spelt 'Can of Worms') and other Finder
data structures written out to disk. In order to efficiently and
effectively hunt it down, I really need to be able to reproduce a bug
at will on my system. [It's normal for me to step thru things 10-20
times]. Thus, if you can give me a case where Desktop files are
corrupted, I'd love it. Otherwise, it'd be pretty darn difficult for
me to hunt down effectively.

   Best kind of bug report: that one on Teach 6.0.1 and the Choose
Font dialog. The report went something like "Open Teach 601, type a
few characters. Select Choose Font, select 'Plain.' Reboot since your
GS just crashed." Simple, obvious, and 100% reproducable. Very easy
to hunt that kind down.

Nathan Mates
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