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From: macman@wpi.wpi.edu (Chris Silverberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Option key with MF 6.0.x? (was REFRESHRe: BlackBox
Message-ID: <12507@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 2 May 90 15:25:38 GMT
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Reply-To: macman@wpi.wpi.edu (Chris Silverberg)
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester ,MA
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SP> Are you sure you guys aren't using something like the
SP> ApplicationMenu INIT that was just recently posted to
SP> comp.binaries.mac? It allows you to select a key to cause (almost)
SP> the described behavior.

There are two situations being described:

 1) This person is using regular 6.0.x multifinder. When he normally goes to
    the apple menu, he'll find first the About info, then the DA's, and 
    at the bottom of the list, the current applications.
 
    In this setup, if you press the option key, and then select the Apple
    menu, it will not list the DA's. The idea is that the applications will
    be right at the top instead of scrolling down to the bottom.

 2) This person is using system 6.0.x with Multifinder 6.1b9. When he selects
    the Apple menu, first will be then About info, then a feature called
    Set Aside, then the current programs, and lastly the DA's. I like this
    setup much better... it makes it much easier to change programs under
    multifinder.
 
    In this setup, if you press the option key, and then select the Apple
    menu, it will ONLY list the DA's... simply bypassing all the stuff at
    the top.

I really couldn't find any use for the shift key under multifinder 6.1b9.
And the Set Aside feature that I mentioned completely hides a program from the
desktop, yet will still continue its work in the background. This is an
excellent feature and really works well. (Multifinder 6.1b9 is available from
APDA.)

- Chris

 
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