Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:20763 comp.sys.mac.programmer:2528 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-sd!hp-sdd!ucsdhub!ucsd!ames!mailrus!purdue!bu-cs!dartvax!eleazar.dartmouth.edu!isle From: isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Ken Hancock) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Make Life Easier with the Control Panel and CDEVs Message-ID: <10166@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 24 Sep 88 02:12:32 GMT References: <886@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU Reply-To: isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Ken Hancock) Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 34 In article <886@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> pgn@osupyr (Paul G. Nevai) writes: > > >Do you have a number of CDEV and are you sick of opening the Control Panel >and searching for the right CDEV? Are you a semi-power user equipped with >Choose CDEV* so at least one CDEV comes up immediately? Do you want to be >able to have any CDEV available immediately without frantic searching? Then >listen. > >You need: Control Panel and CDEVs, Choose CDEV*, Font/DA Mover, Font/DA >Utilitiy* (or ResEdit) and preferably but not necessarily SuitCase* (or >something equivalent). > [ Making umpteen copies of Control Panel, renaming and renumbering them and then using ChooseCDEV on each one deleted ] A much easier way would just be to get a copy of HierDA from SUMEX-AIM (came across comp.binaries about a month or two ago). HierDA is a nice little DA that turns your control panel into a hierarchical menu listing all of your cdevs. It then opens to whichever one you've selected. Sleek, easy, and clever. Ken inews line-counters eat this... inews line-counters eat this... inews line-counters eat this.... inews line-counters eat this.... Ken Hancock '90 | BITNET/UUCP/ Personal Computing Ctr Consultant | INTERNET: isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER? I don't get paid enough to worry about disclaimers.