Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!bbn!apple!stearns From: stearns@Apple.COM (Brian Stearns) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: F/Da Mover question. Never seen this before! Message-ID: <296@internal.Apple.COM> Date: 7 Dec 88 18:06:34 GMT References: <295@internal.Apple.COM> Organization: Apple Lines: 32 (oops, left off the .signature!) From article <295@internal.Apple.COM>, by stearns@Apple.COM (Brian Stearns): > From article <32952@think.UUCP>, by ephraim@think.COM (Ephraim Vishniac): >> [several good hints related to option-key features in Font/DA Mover 3.8, >> including that option-launching FDAM makes it come up in desk accessory >> mode instead of fonts mode.] > > If you're moving a lot of desk accessories, add a resource of type LAYO, > id 129, to Font/DA Mover itself. (If you feel more comfortable putting it > in your System file instead, that will work too.) If FDAM3.8 finds such a > resource (it doesn't matter what it contains, if anything!), it will invert > the defaults: DA mode if no option key; fonts if option key. > > By the way, if it make you feel better, I really regret not adding > disables of some sort for the "are you sure?" box, and the "Stuff added > under Multifinder may not appear until you restart" box. However, for the > adventurous at heart, I left the Macsbug symbols in: you can patch out > the calls to AYSALERT (for the "are you sure?" box) in REMOVEDACCS > and REMOVEFONTS, and the first call to DOALERT in COPYFONTS and COPYDACCS > (for the MultiFinder warning box). Of course, the usual caveats apply: > don't do this to your only copy of FDAM3.8, please don't give the hacked > version to unsuspecting naive users, etc. > > Disclaimer: Have fun, keep backups, and be a good sport. > -- ........................................................................... Bryan Stearns Apple Computer, Inc. Macintosh Software Engineering 10500 North DeAnza Blvd, M/S 27-AK stearns@apple.com Cupertino, CA 95014 {nsc,dual,sun,ucbvax!mtxinu}!apple!stearns "Laugh while you can, monkey boy!"