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Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support |
Date: |
Sat, 13 Oct 2001 11:03:21 +0200 |
> From: David Masterson <dmaster@synopsys.com>
> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug
> Date: 12 Oct 2001 15:40:01 -0700
>
> > I am not sure that is correct. It may be Microsoft's design that
> > they are only intended to be double-clicked with a mouse in order to
> > execute the default application for a shortcut's target, but I see
> > no reason why we should restrict Emacs to such a narrow use.
>
> That doesn't appear to be the only use on Windows. You can have a
> shortcut to a text file (for instance). When clicked on, it will
> "Open" the text file (ie. invoke the editor [Notepad] on it).
I think this is because Notepad has specific application-level support
for shortcuts.
> Since a shortcut is more than just a soft link, I don't think
> implementing shortcut support as an Emacs primitive will work
> (something needs to interpret the "Target type").
We probably need both; it's a mess.
- Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support, (continued)
- Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support, Jason Rumney, 2001/10/11
- Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support, Eli Zaretskii, 2001/10/11
- Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support, Richard Stallman, 2001/10/12
- Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support, Jason Rumney, 2001/10/12
- Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support, David Masterson, 2001/10/12
- Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support, David Masterson, 2001/10/12
- Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support, Jason Rumney, 2001/10/13
- Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support, Stefan Monnier, 2001/10/13
- Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support, Eli Zaretskii, 2001/10/14
- Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support, Stefan Monnier, 2001/10/14
- Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support, Jason Rumney, 2001/10/13
- Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support, David Masterson, 2001/10/15
- Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support, Eli Zaretskii, 2001/10/15
- Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support, Richard Stallman, 2001/10/14
- Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support, Richard Stallman, 2001/10/14
- Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support, David Masterson, 2001/10/15
- Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support, Eli Zaretskii, 2001/10/15
- Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support, David Masterson, 2001/10/15
- Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support, Eli Zaretskii, 2001/10/16
- Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support, David Masterson, 2001/10/16