Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!micor!taob
From: taob@micor.ocunix.on.ca (Brian Tao)
Subject: Re: Icons
Organization: M.B. Cormier INC.
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 91 22:02:18 EDT
Message-ID: <JiNR42w162w@micor.ocunix.on.ca>
References: <9106181233.AA22609@apple.com>
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PYC121@URIACC.BITNET (Andy Kress) writes:

>     You may have moved the anything else icon to the begining of the Finder
>  Icons file.  A very bad thing to do.  I once moved it to the middle of the
>  file and about half my icons showed up as that icon.  Try moving the anythin
>  else icon to the end of the file and that will probably fix it.  Good luck!

    Of course... the obvious solution which I overlooked.  I keep my 
Finder.Icons file trimmed down to a bare minimum (device icons, a few 
generic file icons, and that's it).  All new icons go into a different file, 
so there's no chance of messing up my basic icons.  What "rules" does the 
Finder follow when determining what icon to use?  I assume a specific 
filename has primary consideration, but if a wildcard icon comes before a 
named icon of the same filetype/auxtype, then the wildcard takes precedence. 
Same goes for icons with a specific file/auxtype vs. those with the generic 
$00/$0000 types.  Does someone have a definite answer?

