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From: lbaum@bcsaic.UUCP (Larry Baum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Rear Window MF (was Finder Irritations)
Message-ID: <16175@bcsaic.UUCP>
Date: 24 Oct 89 15:54:55 GMT
References: <465db658.1285f@maize.engin.umich.edu}
Reply-To: lbaum@bcsaic.UUCP (Larry Baum)
Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle
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In article <465db658.1285f@maize.engin.umich.edu} mystone@caen.engin.umich.edu (Dean Yu) writes:
}
}   For those of you who joined us late, various people were wishing that
}windows wouldn't pop to the front in the Finder sometimes, because the new
}frontmost window would block a smaller window that they were copying to.
}   Many people suggested using Rear Window, a nifty INIT by Allan Foster that
}keeps a window from popping to the front in the Finder when you hold down
}command-tab.  People could then copy or move their files in peace.
}   Unfortunately, with the advent of MultiFinder and its many over-patches,
}Rear Window didn't work anymore.  Rear Window MF (which I whipped up in the
}last half hour) fixes the MultiFinder problem.  It's free since it was no
}trouble at all to write, but please don't go modifying my code.  (This is one
}of the few things that I'm really touchy about.)  Since it's not much longer
}than the original Rear Window, (which wasn't very long in the first place) I'm
}just tacking it on to the end of this message.  Toss it in your System Folder
}and have a blast.  Share and enjoy!
}   (Didn't mean to steal your thunder Allan, but this was long overdue!)
}
Thanks.  This seems to work fine under MultiFinder.

Is there any way to make multiple selections (a la Shift-click)?  If I hold down
the command, tab and shift keys and then click, it no longer prevents the window
from popping up.  Holding down command-tab and dragging does let me choose
multiple items, but this has limited utility.

Thanks again!


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