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Re: System variables cleanup

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In message <7793f33952.beeb@ron1954.woosh.co.nz>
 on 29 Nov 2011 Ron  wrote:

> In message <gemini.lvfbfw00a4wyv0078.spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk>
>           Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Ron <beeb@woosh.co.nz> wrote:
> > 
> > > If an editor has not been loaded, Zap will set the RunType for FFF 
> > > to ZAP just because a directory with !Zap in it has been opened.
> > 
> > But this is PRECISELY how RISC OS is supposed to work.
> >
> So it /is/ written somewhere? 

I think you're harking back to my comment about Acorn not providing clear
guidance about one aspect.

The aspect I was referring to was whether an application, when being booted
or run, should overwrite an existing Alias$@RunType setting or leave it in
place.  You will find variation from one application to another on this. 

That was the only aspect I was talking to.  I quite agree with what Alan says
about how RISC OS is supposed to work: booting occurring when the containing
directory is opened, and Alias$@RunType persisting after the application is
quit.

-- 
Matthew Phillips
Durham

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System variables cleanup Ron <beeb@woosh.co.nz> - 2011-11-27 16:11 +1300
  Re: System variables cleanup Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-27 05:13 +0100
    Re: System variables cleanup Ron <beeb@woosh.co.nz> - 2011-11-27 18:29 +1300
  Re: System variables cleanup Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-27 21:55 +0000
    Re: System variables cleanup Ron <beeb@woosh.co.nz> - 2011-11-28 12:27 +1300
      Re: System variables cleanup Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-29 06:33 +0100
        Re: System variables cleanup Ron <beeb@woosh.co.nz> - 2011-11-30 00:29 +1300
          Re: System variables cleanup Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2011-11-29 13:14 +0000
            Re: System variables cleanup Ron <beeb@woosh.co.nz> - 2011-11-30 11:50 +1300
              Re: System variables cleanup Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2011-11-29 23:22 +0000
                Re: System variables cleanup Ron <beeb@woosh.co.nz> - 2011-11-30 13:19 +1300
                Re: System variables cleanup Nick Roberts <tigger@orpheusinternet.co.uk> - 2011-11-30 21:41 +0000
              Re: System variables cleanup Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-30 08:33 +0100
              Re: System variables cleanup Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-30 21:38 +0000
                Re: System variables cleanup "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2011-12-01 08:20 +0000
              Re: System variables cleanup Vince M Hudd <vinceh@softrock.co.uk> - 2011-12-01 16:00 +0000
                Re: System variables cleanup Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-02 08:38 +0100
                Re: System variables cleanup Ron <beeb@woosh.co.nz> - 2011-12-03 12:05 +1300
                Re: System variables cleanup Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-03 06:31 +0100
                Re: System variables cleanup Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2011-12-03 10:02 +0000
                Re: System variables cleanup Ron <beeb@woosh.co.nz> - 2011-12-04 11:39 +1300
          Re: System variables cleanup Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-30 08:20 +0100
            Re: System variables cleanup Ron <beeb@woosh.co.nz> - 2011-12-01 10:22 +1300
            Re: System variables cleanup Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2011-11-30 23:59 +0000
              Re: System variables cleanup Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-01 07:21 +0100
        Re: System variables cleanup jgh@arcade.demon.co.uk (Jonathan Graham Harston) - 2011-12-01 14:15 +0000
          Re: System variables cleanup Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-02 08:35 +0100
  Re: System variables cleanup druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2011-11-27 22:47 +0000
    Re: System variables cleanup druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2011-11-30 20:19 +0000

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