Raise the 127-icons-at-once limit for displaying files
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Description
Eliminate, or at least raise, the 127-icons-at-once limit for displaying files, especially if the system has additional memory available.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing how the Apple II Desktop ProDOS GUI displays files and where the 127-icon limit is enforced. Determine how available memory affects the limit, then verify that displays can show more than 127 icons or no longer impose the limit without exhausting memory.
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Assessment
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100