On Wednesday, 3 March 2004 9:40 AM, Laurent SIEBENMANN <lcs@...> wrote: > >This statement was an optimist's exageration since the present >version (ca 18Feb) stops way short of full functionality:- it >deletes only the trash files at the top level. That is >crippling when you gunzip a ".tgz"=".tar.gz" archive from the >unix world and then try to delete the resulting complex >directory with SelectiveEmptyTrash. > I though I made this 'feature' clear in my original post, as it was just an experiment, it is still too risky to start recursing through nested folder structures. After much use, I can to the same conclusion as you did.. a dialog box would be more user friendly than a pop-up menu ..but I have not completed that as yet. >One more misfeature to eliminate cum primum: The current use of >"Option <mouseclick>" interferes with several standard and >conventional uses of "Option <mouseclick>" in the Finder --- >notably for copying to another folder on the same volume. > I hit that the other day as well, thank goodness for the ability to quit the entire thing! >Incidentally, when changing an app's icon, it is now >best to also change creator signature. See how long it takes to >rebuild desktop on a well-laden 200Go disk! > You need to find a copy of the shareware application "Save a Bundle" It will update the desktop database with anything you drop on it. I can beam you a copy if you can't find it on the usual shareware sites. Alternatively, you can use the old-skool method of removing the "INITed" flag from the app (Using resedit), duplicating it to another folder, then opening and closing that folder. > >PS to Jamin. If ever you are fed up with this project, do >*please* post the code as a demo for us learners. One of us >will surely finish it. > I had already destroyed the source trying to put in a dialog etc as suggested, so I have rolled back what I can and posted it: <http://http://members.ozemail.com.au/~benjamen/SET_Source.sit> Without having my "Rez" plugin loaded in FB, you might be forced to play around with the size resource. I have deleted all the folder recursion code, just incase someone tries to un-comment it and wonders why their HD is empty... And just incase there is any confusion - the code runs under pre-OSX only. Jamin