Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!usc!ucsd!hub!6600pete From: 6600pete@hub.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: WindChooser Problem (How do I install WDEFs myself?) Message-ID: <3271@hub.UUCP> Date: 8 Dec 89 12:36:03 GMT References: Sender: news@hub.UUCP Lines: 30 From article , by stiber@cs.ucla.edu (Michael D Stiber): > My speculation is that WindChooser installs a patch which reroutes > calls to WDEF #0 to the WDEF selected within it. Here lies the > problem. After the disks are unmounted, calls to the WDEF apparently > require accessing the WindChooser file. Since the hard disk is > unmounted, this means we get a "Please insert disk FOO" dialog box, > defeating the purpose of the screen blanking. I didn't write the INIT part of WindChooser, just the cdev. But I have the source to the INIT, which was written by Jorg ("jbx") Brown, of hierDA fame. I will take a look at the code and see what's happening. However, I seriously doubt that a look at the disk is required. More later... > So, my question is this: is there any good way to install the > "Shrinker" WDEF into the system, so it will work just like the default > one does, without interfering with DiskLock? There's a thread in comp.sys.mac.programmer about how to do this. > I already tried just > replacing the WDEF #0 in the system, but this didn't change the window > appearances. Therefore, I have reasoned that the critical WDEFs > aren't in the System. They're in the ROMs. Lots of resources are nowadays. A good thing, too, or you wouldn't be able to make a usable System floppy... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pete Gontier | InterNet: 6600pete@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu, BitNet: 6600pete@ucsbuxa Editor, Macker | Online Macintosh Programming Journal; mail for subscription Hire this kid | Mac, DOS, C, Pascal, asm, excellent communication skills