Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!uc!cs.umn.edu!ux.acs!clarson From: clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: MultiFinder hates DAs? Message-ID: <2118@ux.acs.umn.edu> Date: 23 Aug 90 15:28:10 GMT References: <5670004@hpfcdq.HP.COM> <2107@ux.acs.umn.edu> <9174@arctic.nprdc.arpa> Reply-To: clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson) Organization: Iron City, USA Lines: 22 In article <9174@arctic.nprdc.arpa> serafine@nprdc.navy.mil (Ron Serafine) writes: >Using an SE/20 with 4meg. running under 6.0.2, and with backgrounder but not >DA handler in the Systems folder, I too get the beep when attempting to select >a DA under Multifinder. But I've found that if I hold down the option key just >before & during the selection of the desired DA, it works fine, just like in >the Finder. > Doind this loads the DA into the current application's memory space, bypassing the DA Handler stuff. This can be useful for spell-checkers and other things that you need to switch to and from frequently. One caveat is that you will probably want to increase the application's memory allotment if you do this frequently or with big DAs, as the DA will be taking up memory that would normally be available to the application, and this may be a problem. -- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "Does Captain Kirk Exist?" Chinese AI Experts Offer New Evidence." - spew clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu AOL:Crowbone