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From: phaedrus@blake.acs.washington.edu (the Wanderer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: RR 10.3 startup screen...
Keywords: RR
Message-ID: <4044@blake.acs.washington.edu>
Date: 15 Oct 89 16:23:39 GMT
References: <350@oscsuna.osc.edu>
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In article <350@oscsuna.osc.edu> spencer@heinlein.osc.edu (Stephen N. Spencer) writes:
>I have a question concerning RR 10.3 and the startup screen.  In the Red Ryder
>manual on page 64 it talks of the option in the "Personal Preferences..." 
>dialog which lets the user turn off the startup screen's loading when starting
>RR up.  When I call up that dialog, however, that checkbox and option are
>dimmed -- I can't get to the checkbox to mark it.
>
>Why can't I do this?  Yes, I bought RR 10.3, it's not a pirate copy.  
>
>No offense to Scott Watson, RR is a GREAT program.  It just isn't as functional
>as his documentation would lead one to believe.
>
>
>-=-
>Stephen N. Spencer      |"For a successful technology, reality must take
>ACCAD, 1224 Kinnear Rd. | precedence over public relations, for Nature
>Columbus OH 43212       | cannot be fooled."     - Richard P. Feynman
>spencer@heinlein.cgrg.ohio-state.edu OR spencer@cis.ohio-state.edu

     I can vouch for the fact that it's not in the manual... I went over it 
with a dissecting microscope while I was trying to figure out the same
problem. :)  But the manual does give a hint (holding down Option while
selecting "Personal Preferences..."), and I figured out the rest through trial
and error.
     To turn off the title screen, hold down All The Modifier Keys There Are
(Command, Option, Shift, Caps Lock; I use a Mac+ that doesn't have Control)
and select Personal Preferences...  (Fewer modifier keys would probably work,
but I've never bothered to figure out which ones it is--after all, this is
something you only do once...)  This should enable the "Enable title screen on
program startup" option, so you can turn it off.
     And yes, RR10.3 is a great program (yes, I'm registered too... :) ).
Now, if Scott would just bring back the simple way of setting serial port
settings, instead of the Dialog Box from Hell...

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