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From: chris@sunset.ncsl.nist.gov (Chris Schanzle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: finder irritations (window layers in copying, hqx included)
Message-ID: <1766@durer.cme.nbs.gov>
Date: 18 Oct 89 17:43:00 GMT
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jsp@key.COM (James Preston) writes:
>In article <111900082@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> ddgg0881@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>>
>>1. You have two folders open and you want to transfer or
>>copy a file from one to the other. You click on the file
>>you want to move and then its window comes to the front
>>which totally obliterates your view of the destination folder.
>>Yuck! it would have been easier to use DOS or UNIX.

>Yes!  YES!  YES!  I am a relatively new (< 6 mos.) Mac user and this is,
>without a doubt, my number one complaint in the "sounds small, but is
>amazingly irritating" category.  

Guys!  You obviously haven't seen or heard about an init called "Rear
Window".  It allows you to click and drag icons on lower windows to
other (higher) windows.  It uses the Command + Tab keys to distinguish
from the standard operation of clicking and dragging.  If you can see
what you want to copy and where you want to copy it to, you can do it!

The init is something like 1,600 bytes.  A binhex is SO incredibly
small (34 lines) that I've included it below for your enjoyment.

(This file must be converted with BinHex 4.0)

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PFR"KG'0S#&0SEhG*6NP8%Ai:
"There are bigger things in the		Chris Schanzle, Comp. Scntst
 scheme of life than to worry 		Ntnl Inst. of Stds & Tech
 about a woman who drives you nuts."	chris@sunset.ncsl.nist.gov 129.6.48.38