Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!steinmetz!lear!hallett From: hallett@lear.steinmetz (Jeff A. Hallett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Init Manager, please Message-ID: <8216@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> Date: 15 Dec 87 15:07:17 GMT References: <338@spectrix.UUCP> <8203@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> <3185@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Sender: root@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP Reply-To: desdemona!hallett@steinmetz.UUCP (Jeffrey A. Hallett) Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY Lines: 52 In article <3185@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> chow@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Christopher Chow) writes: >: [My Own Message] >Well, you've missed a *big* point. The wonderful thing about Suitecase is >that you can: > >1. Place resources (fonts, da's, snd's) in different files, i.e., not the > system file. > >2. You get control over your system, in that you can activate and deactiate > fonts, da's, and sounds as you wish by opening and closing files. > >With inits since the advent of INIT31 you've got (1), but only if you put >it in the System Folder, and you don't have (2). Currently, the only way >to get control over property (2) is to reboot. Rebooting takes a long time >and is nowhere elegant. > >Or is it that you don't care at all about property (2)? I don't believe I have missed anything. (2) is basically N/A with respect to INIT's. Define INIT: A routine or property that the user wishes loaded AT BOOT TIME for the duration of his/her session. INITs that are not meant to be active throughout the whole session should be provided with a toggle key stroke. The fact that they do not is no indication that Apple needs to write another inane manager; it is a cue to INIT writers that they need to go the extra yard. If anything, I feel that YOU have missed the point. The whole point of having Suitcase is not to activate or deactivate anything. It is to increase the flexibility of your system by allowing the user to set up "configurations" that can be swapped easily depending on the task to be accomplished. There is no point in "deactivating" a font - there is a point in being able to swap one set of fonts for another. The same holds for DA's. INIT's are not this application specific (or at least, none of the ones I've seen are - SmartQuotes is an exception, but that is run-time toggle-able). Jeffrey A. Hallett (ARPANET: hallett@ge-crd.arpa Software Technology Program UUCP: desdemona!hallett@steinmetz.uucp) General Electric Corporate Research and Development ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many" -- Kirk (STIII) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disclaimer: I do not guarantee the validity of the content, meaning, or nature of anything in this message as my own sanity may be in doubt. My employer doesn't either and probably won't admit they employ me if called. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~