double-clicking stack on desktop

[Richard K. Herz]

Thanks to Jackie and others for suggestion to change "double-clicking stack
on desktop" behavior of Rev stacks to that of MetaCard by renaming
application file.  Here's the details, at least on Windows OS:

I have many "personal" stacks (calendar, database, address) that I, or
family, normally just want to double-click and "use" rather than edit. In
MC, double-clicking a stack on the desktop opens the stack in Player, and
ctrl-double-click opens stack in Development - opposite behavior to Rev. MC
behavior is preferrable for these "personal" stacks you want to simply "use"
most of the time.

Would be nice if Rev had an option in Preferences for double-click behavior.
Here's fix, at least for Windows OS:

In Revolution distribution folder, copy Revolution.exe to a new file whose
name doesn't start with "rev", e.g., Copy of Revolution.exe or mc.exe or
mcrev.exe (but not revmc.exe). In Windows Folder Options (file types)
control panel, create a new file type for "personal" stacks, e.g., RV (.rv
extension) and then click Advanced button to specify they are to be opened
by the renamed copy of Revolution.exe in Revolution distribution folder.

Now, double-clicking an .rv stack on the desktop opens the stack in Player
mode (with MC hand cursor and default font size but with Rev title-bar
icon). Ctrl-double-click opens file in licensed MC Development if you have a
licensed MC home stack somewhere on disk, or opens file in Starter Kit MC
Development if you have an unlicensed MC home stack somewhere, or opens file
in Player if there is no MC home stack on disk.

Change extension of .rv file to .rev to edit file in Rev Development, then
change it back to .rv to open in Player with double-click.

Rich Herz
herz at ucsd.edu
www.reactorlab.net