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From: chrisj@ut-emx.UUCP (Chris Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: INITs clear screen: can this be stopped?
Message-ID: <17474@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 22 Aug 89 16:20:25 GMT
References: <1989Aug21.113301.4620@aucs.uucp>
Reply-To: chrisj@emx.UUCP (Chris Johnson)
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In article <1989Aug21.113301.4620@aucs.uucp> peter@aucs.UUCP (Peter Steele) writes:
>When I boot my mac II, my startup screen appears for only a few seconds
>as one of my first inits clears the screen. I believe the culprit is
>Gatekeeper, but it depends on whether an INIT clears the screen before
>or after it displays its icon. Is there anyway to stop this behaviour?
>
>-- 
>Peter Steele, Microcomputer Applications Analyst

Whoa, there!  GateKeeper is NOT responsible for any screen clearing that
takes place!  (Trust me, I wrote it... :-)  The most common culprits are
Apple's INITs, specifically AppleShare and Responder (Easy Access is not
a problem).

The solution is relatively straightforward; just rename the
offending INITs so that their names are preceeded by two spaces.  This
guarantees that they'll install well before all of your other INITs 
(including GateKeeper) and, as a result, (although they will still clear the 
screen) they won't erase anyone's startup icons.

Note that it's OK too rename AppleShare, but don't rename your "AppleShare
Prep" file or, I suspect, AppleShare won't be able to find it anymore.

I hope this helps,
----Chris (Johnson)
----Author of GateKeeper

P.S. Does everyone out there have GateKeeper version 1.1.1?