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From: beard@ux5.lbl.gov (Patrick C Beard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Another ResEdit 2.1 question
Message-ID: <11783@dog.ee.lbl.gov>
Date: 4 Apr 91 13:24:22 GMT
References: <6139@cactus.org>
Reply-To: beard@ux5 (Patrick C Beard)
Organization: Berkeley Systems, Inc.
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X-Local-Date: Thu, 4 Apr 91 05:24:23 PST

In article <6139@cactus.org> rdd@cactus.org (Robert Dorsett) writes:
#I recently acquired ResEdit 2.1, through Alley and Strange's book.  For some
#bizarre reason, the new version includes ZOOM rectangles for nearly every
#window operation.  Previous versions have never used this "feature," and the
#new version doesn't even have a toggle to turn it off I find it extremely 
#irritating: it unnecessarily slows down the program.  One thing I've always 
#liked about ResEdit has been how crisp its responsiveness was; this new 
#version is comparable to walking in mud, despite all the neat features.
#

Well, I poked around inside the 'GNRL' resource inside "Resedit Preferences"
and lo and behold there is a field called "NoZoomRects" that you can set
to 1 and turn off the zooms.  Hope that pleases you.


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