I do this from time to time. It's a bit weird that it only works with the tree panel, but I guess that's not a problem.
On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 1:06:36 PM UTC-4 jkn wrote: > I have been meaning to check this for ages - what happens if you try to > drag and drop a .leo file into a running leo? > > looks like you have to drop it into the tree pane, and it then becomes one > of the open .leo files - cool > > and if you try to drag and drop a non-leo file (into the tree pane) it > gets turned into an @file node. > > Good, I think... > > J^n > > > > > On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 4:38:58 PM UTC+1 tbp1...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Well, it's not *too* mysterious. When you drop the file its path gets >> added to the command line that the OS uses to launch Leo (or whatever >> program the desktop icon is for). >> >> On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 10:43:49 AM UTC-4 Edward K. Ream wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 9:04 AM Thomas Passin <tbp1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> If there is a Leo shortcut on the desktop and you drag and drop a >>>> non-Leo file on it, an instance of Leo will start and contain an @edit >>>> node >>>> for the dropped file (a .cmd file will be put into an @file node). >>>> >>>> If you import the same file, it will get imported into an @auto subtree. >>>> >>>> Why the difference, and shouldn't both ways do the same thing? >>>> >>> >>> Heh. I didn't know that I could drag and drop as you describe. Here are >>> some other ways of importing files: >>> >>> - The import-file command calls *c.importAnyFile*. This method >>> contains various special cases. Maybe some of those cases are dubious. >>> - Create an empty @<file> node and do *refresh-from-disk*. >>> - Create an @button node to do exactly as you please with >>> *c.recursiveImport.* >>> >>> I don't think consistency between these ways is all that important. >>> >>> Edward >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/174f0919-517e-452d-b584-fc92a881e758n%40googlegroups.com.
