Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support

[Jason Rumney]

"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@is.elta.co.il> writes:

> > That doesn't appear to be the only use on Windows.  You can have a
> > shortcut to a text file (for instance).  When clicked on, it will
> > "Open" the text file (ie. invoke the editor [Notepad] on it).
> 
> I think this is because Notepad has specific application-level support
> for shortcuts.

Notepad has no support for shortcuts. This can be proved by dragging a
shortcut over the Notepad window, and dropping it. The .lnk file is
then opened.

The support for shortcuts is in Explorer (which handles the "click"
above), and the Open File Dialog.


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Jason Rumney