Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support

[David Masterson]

>>>>> Eli Zaretskii writes:

> On 10 Oct 2001, David Masterson wrote:

>> Actually, if it can be parsed and because there is much more in a
>> shortcut than just a pointer to a file (type, location, where to
>> start, how to run, shortcut key, etc.), I think it would be better
>> if Emacs had a shortcut-mode which would parse the binary, display
>> the results in text, and allow (careful) editing of the
>> information.

> Editing a shortcut might be a useful feature, but that's not what
> Jari was suggesting.

True, I'm suggesting editing the shortcut, but was Jari suggesting
anything more than visiting the file the shortcut references?  Later,
I was also thinking that, if this could be done at the Lisp level, it
should be toggleable (ie. on follows the shortcut while off edits the
shortcut).

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Software Engineering           Sunnyvale, CA