Re: [MiNT] ram disk fs problem

[Lonny Pursell <atari@bright.net>]

on 8/9/10 11:00 AM, Paul Wratt wrote:

>> For instance, download aniplayer.zip and open it with Arcview.
>> Now drag the content to the ramdisc window.
>> 
>> It will seem to extract it but nothing will appear in the
>> window.
>> 
>> If you try to extract it again, then it will stall because
>> it will try to overwrite to folder/files that are not visible.
>> 
>> Peter

Uhm, that's normal.

In the old single tasking days, the desktop is unloaded, and when the app
ends the desktop reappears and rescans the dirs and updates the windows.

In a tasking environment the desktop does not unload, therefore unless the
app you launched sends the desktop a message telling it it just altered a
dir, it won't ever reflect the current contents of the drive correctly.

Literally all old apps do this in a tasking environment, they predate such
protocols.  You just now figured this out in 2010?

If you don't like this behavior you have 4 options.
Toss the app in the trash and stop using it.
Find a newer replacement.
Write your own app.
Force the window to update, most desktops have a key press for this since
its so common.

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