Icon menu commands:
Click here to view an illustration of this menu.
Open: (O)
This is used on a selected icon. Instead of double clicking on an icon to
show contents of a disk or drawer or run a program you can select an icon
with the pointer and Select Open to display or run it.
Copy: (C)
This option allows you to duplicate files and disks. To copy a file select
the icon and then select Copy. Another icon will appear saying
Copy_of_file 'name', you can then move that file elsewhere or Rename it.
Rename: (R)
This option allows you to change the name of a disk, a drawer or a file.
Select the disk, drawer or file icon to rename, select rename, and then
type in the new name in the given requester.
Information: (I)
This option displays details of a given disk, drawer or file. Workbench
has 5 types of Workbench icons, to learn more about icons click here.
Although the contents of the window varies with the icon, the following information is always displayed:
- name
the icon name and its type in parentheses. (volume, drawer, tool, project, trashcan).
- image
A picture of the icon.
- size
The number of blocks and bytes that the disk, project, or tool fills.
- stack
The amount of memory reserved as temporary storage for specific tool.
- last changed date
The date on which the icon was created or the last time it was changed. (timestamp)
For a disk icon, the window also shows whether a disk is write-enabled (Read/Write) or write-protected (Read Only).
For a drawer, trashcan, project, or tool, the following attributes can be selected by clicking on the attribute's check box.
- script
if the program is executed through the Shell, it runs as a script (a text file of AmigaDOS commands).
- archived
this attribute is set by backup programs to indicate that a file or directory has been archived. (back up)
- readable
information in the file can be read.
- writable
information can be written into the file. unless Writable is selected, you cannot make changes to the file.
- executable
the tool program runs automatically when it is opened.
- deletable
the drawer, project, or tool can be erased from the disk. if not selected, the object is protected from deletion.
If the icon represents a project, there may be a Default Tool gadget. This specifies the path to the tool that created the project.
In the Comments box, you can add a note up to 79 characters.
The ToolTypes box specifies different startup options from some programs or files.
Be sure to select the Save gadget to implement changes made.
Snapshot: (S)
This saves the position of one or more icons to its new position.
Unsnapshot: (U)
This removes the position information of an icon and allows Workbench to
position the icon itself.
Leave out: (L)
Allows an icon to be placed on the desktop and may be snapshot into place.
Allows faster access to a program or drawer than via other disks and
drawers.
Put Away: (P)
Returns left out icons back into their original location on disk.
Delete:
This is a delete function, to delete a file you would normally drag and
drop the file into the Trashcan drawer to empty later. This option allows
you to delete a file straight away. A requester may appear to confirm
deletion.
Format Disk:
This option formats a disk for use by the Amiga. It splits the disk into
the right number of tracks/sectors and creates an empty root directory. It
can also automatically create a Trashcan drawer. To use, select the disk
to format and select Initialise.
Empty Trash:
This option deletes all the files in a selected Trashcan drawer of a disk.
This feature is useful because you may want to delete a file but you could
change your mind and decide to keep it, all you have to do is to drag the
file out of the Trashcan back to its original drawer or disk.