Desktop Manager and A/UX 2.0

[Matthias Urlichs]

In comp.unix.aux, article <1990Nov14.201445.1345 at fog.ann-arbor.mi.us>,
  brian at fog.ann-arbor.mi.us (Brian S. Schang) writes:
< Has anyone tried using the Desktop Manager with A/UX 2.0?  If so,
< were the results favorable?
< 
Mixed.

Yes, DTM works fine under A/UX. It is even included automatically, but only
for the "/" disk(s), and you'll have to load DTM a second time (by placing
the INIT into your System Folder) to use it for the MacOS side too.

The problem is that the Desktop Manager doesn't tolerate crashes very well.
It seems that the A/UX Startup program doesn't close the Desktop manager
files (there's a HFSDispatch selector for this), so you tend to lose some
icons and/or file type to application mappings.
(It also doesn't close the old-style desktop file, but that's usually not a
problem.)

I am using the Desktop Manager under A/UX. Your mileage may vary.

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