Re: An ASCII question for the group...
From Martin Atkins <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz>
· alt.ascii-art
· 5 Nov 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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.----- On Sat, 31 Oct 1998 20:09:57 +1300, Matthew Thomas posted:
|Martin Atkins wrote:
|>
|> .----- On Thu, 29 Oct 1998 16:56:59 +0100, stephane HAbeTT roux
|> |...
|> |> Acorn: !Edit (in Resources)
|> |
|> |Nobody on the Acorn platform uses !Edit even if it comes as a
|> |standard with the system. We use !Zap or (!StrongEd) as text editors.
|> |
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|> Thank you as always for your help with the listings. Since I am not an
|> Acorn user I rely on outside input for that and a few of the other
|> sections.
|>
|> (One question - why do they all start with '!'?)
|
|IIRC, a ! in front of a filename indicates that it is
|(a) an executable (! being the Acorn equivalent of .EXE);
|(b) an `executable folder' which means that double-clicking the folder
| will run a specified program inside it rather than showing the
| contents of the folder.
|
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Thank you ... I`m glad there is a good reason!!!!
*Tries to think of a humourous ASCIIdows app/window.... and fails.*
OK, an oldy
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|.-----. .-----. .-----. .-----. .-----. |mga |
||<PREV| |NEXT>| |HOME!| |FIND!| |STOP!| | mga|
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