Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!samsung!usc!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!sunic!draken!d88-jwa From: d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon Watte) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: INIT User guidlines proposal Message-ID: <2252@draken.nada.kth.se> Date: 2 Nov 89 16:37:40 GMT References: <8910310234.AA09180@decwrl.dec.com> <1235@eutrc3.urc.tue.nl> <32278@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <14402@well.UUCP> Reply-To: d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Lines: 29 In article <32278@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu.UUCP (David Phillip Oster) writes: >2.) There should be a one-key way to make an INIT not load. The command >key is a good choice. In article <14402@well.UUCP> wdh@well.UUCP (Bill Hofmann) writes: >I thought there was already a defacto one-key way, many INITs won't >run if *option* is down (I know all my INITs work this way, as do many And many INITs I know won't load if the SHIFT key is down. See what we mean ? I suggest Apple includes the guidelines posted here as is, they were well thought through, in a TechNote and in the coming IM VI. >try to catch the exact right time to press command to disable MF without >disabling my INITs. Why not use WaitINIT (my claim to fame) Of course it's FreeWare, just mail me for a copy. It displays a mouse with a flashing arrow, and waits for the mouse button to be pressed, then it continues. And yes, I repeatedly call SystemTask... Happy Hacking ! h+@nada.kth.se == h+@proxxi.se -- This .signature is longer than 4 lines. If you'd like to see it in whole, please send a note to me. I'm h+@nada.kth.se and also h+@proxxi.se 8')