Commodore Amiga - Page 60

Renaming Tools and Projects
To rename a tool or project, select its icon, then choose Rename from the
Workbench menu. When the message appears in the Title Bar, select the
gadget in the middle of the display, type in the new name, then press the
RETURN key.
About String Gadgets. The gadget that appears is called a String Gadget.
(The term string refers to a set of one or more characters.) As you use the
Amiga, you'll find that String Gadgets appear in requesters when a tool
needs information in the form of text. When you use String Gadgets, note
that you can change the string that appears in the gadget. Press the DEL key
to
delete the characters at and to the right of the Text Cursor (the marker
that appears in the gadget). Press the BACKSPACE key to delete characters
to the left of the text cursor. You can erase what appears in the gadget by
pressing the right Amiga key and the X key at the same time. You can get
back what was in the gadget before you made any changes by pressing the
right Amiga key and the Q key at the same time.
Getting Information About Tools and Projects
To get information about tools and projects, select the icon for the tool or
project, then choose Info from the Workbench menu. The information
includes the type (project, tool, drawer, or disk) of the object you've
selected, as well as various measures of its size (note that some of these are
only of interest to software developers and others who must deal with the
inner workings of the Amiga). You can also change the status of the object
by selecting one of the gadgets below the word STATUS. The normal setting
is DELETABLE, which allows you to delete an object. Select NOT
DELET ABLE if you want to prevent an object from being deleted.
Discarding Tools and Projects
To discard a tool or project, drag its icon over a Trashcan icon. When you
do, the tool or project is kept in a special drawer maintained by the
Trashcan. It remains in this drawer until you select the Trashcan icon, then
choose Empty Trash from the Disk menu. If you haven't emptied the trash
since you last put something in the Trashcan, you can retrieve what you
discarded by opening the Trashcan in the same way you open a project, then
dragging its icon to an open drawer somewhere on the Workbench. Note that
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