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Figure 6-4 Creating a Project Icon
By selecting Projectfrom the Type menu and then Newfrom the Project menu, you get the defaultproject icon. You can then save this icon as a .info file.
Because my file list now had an icon, I was able to call up its Information win dow and enter Sys:Utilities/Display as its default tool and FileList=True into the Tool Type list. In doing so I created a project file for a tool that doesn't create its own. Have fun creating interesting icons with IconEdit, but don't forget that it serves another important function as well.
InitPrinter Unlike IconEdit, InitPrinter is a simple program without a window or a menu bar. It takes the information you entered with the Printer and PrintGfx editors and passes it to the printer. Although most programs that use the printer also initialize it, InitPrinter is useful for those programs that don't.
KeyShow Suppose you had to write a report that included some foreign phrases and needed foreign-language characters, such as an umlaut. Before you switch