Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!noao!arizona!gerhard From: gerhard@cs.arizona.edu (Gerhard Mehldau) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Minor THINK C Complaint Message-ID: <24748@megaron.cs.arizona.edu> Date: 30 Aug 90 02:59:01 GMT References: <90241.121931CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu> <24727@megaron.cs.arizona.edu> <38519@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson Lines: 36 In article <38519@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, carlton@draco (Mike Carlton) writes: >> Yes, and change the default button in the "Replace existing ?" >> dialog to "Yes"... > > You can change the default button in the "Replace existing ?" > dialog to "Yes" yourself with ResEdit. Simply open the System file, > locate the correct ALRT template and in the view as text mode, change > the default button from 1 to 2. Save and you're all set. ------------------------------^ To do this, you need to check all four check boxes labeled "2 bold" (It wasn't obvious to me, I had to ask Mike what he meant...). > Of course, this is a global, permanent change. Every use of standard > file in every application will default to the overwrite case -- use it at > your own risk. I much prefer this default though and always change the > dialog when I have to copy over a new System file. > > Cheers, > Mike Carlton, UC Berkeley Computer Science ~ > carlton@ernie.berkeley.edu ...!ucbvax!ernie!carlton Manana I did a little experiment, and I found that you can apply this change selectively to THINK C (or any other application) by first copying the ALRT resource (# -3996) into the resource fork of the application, and then applying the change only there. It is not even necessary to copy the corresponding DITL resource... - Gerhard -- -> Gerhard Mehldau Dept. of Computer Science internet: gerhard@cs.arizona.edu University of Arizona uucp: {cmcl2,noao,uunet}!arizona!gerhard Tucson, AZ 85721, U.S.A. voice: +1 (602) 621-4632