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From: ccc_ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Those were the good old ResEdits...
Message-ID: <964.269749b1@waikato.ac.nz>
Date: 8 Jul 90 02:56:48 GMT
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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I've been using the beta version of ResEdit 2.0 only long enough to
uncover a fraction of its new capabilities, but definitely long enough
to miss some of the old ways of doing things...

I think I actually miss the old windows for displaying the contents
of a volume or folder. I realise the more standard "Open..." menu item
makes it possible to double-click a resource file from the Finder,
but it does make it more awkward to open (or get info on) more than one
file at once.

I love the verification feature--exceedingly useful. I turned it on
by default, until I found out how long it could take on something
as big as a System file. Idea: could a "verify on open" check box
be added to the "Open..." dialog? The default setting could be
taken from your preferences. This could let me skip the checking on
a file I'd already opened once, without having to keep changing
my preferences setting all the time.

Also, is there any way to open an alias file, without having the
alias being automatically resolved? At the moment if I want to
examine alias files, I have to use ResEdit 1.2 to do it.

Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: +64-71-562-889
Computer Services Dept                     fax: +64-71-384-066
University of Waikato            electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz
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