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From: peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Hey Apple Mac engineers, answer->Ma
Message-ID: <10485@claris.com>
Date: 14 Aug 89 16:45:50 GMT
References: <14845@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <46100321@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> <474@lloyd.camex.uucp>
Reply-To: peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce)
Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA
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In article <474@lloyd.camex.uucp> kent@lloyd.UUCP (Kent Borg) writes:
>In article <46100321@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>>Is there a generic way on a Mac II running Multifinder to stop a
>>program or switch programs while the watch icon is present? This
>>is an ABSOLUTE requirement of a multitasking system. My PC
>>under Desqview can easily do it.
>
>No, there is no way for Joe- and Jane-User to do it currently, but
>there is a way *you* can. Install MacsBug, reboot your machine. Now,
>next time you want to blow away an application, hit the programmer's
>switch to enter MacsBug, and type "es", for exit to shell.
>Alternatively, go into ResEdit and create an FKEY in your system file
>with the data a9f4 in it. Now, when you hit cmd-shift-your FKEY, should be 5 to 9>, you will get an exit to shell.
>
>Kent Borg
If you do this, it's usually good to check memory location $910. This
contains the name of the currently switched in application. There are
times when you think you are killing ApplicationX, but another App has
gotten a little time to run (Backgrounder is there often).
If the application you want to kill isn't named at $910, just continue
running for a bit more, then trap back to the debugger...
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