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From: dweisman@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Ordinary Man)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Suggestions for aliases in System 7
Message-ID: <1991Apr26.150233.9371@umiami.ir.miami.edu>
Date: 26 Apr 91 19:02:32 GMT
Organization: Univ of Miami IR
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Here are some suggestions that I feel could be very useful for working with
aliases in System 7:

	1) Holding down a modifier key while moving (copying) and alias from
one volume to another will copy the ORIGINAL to the destination.
	2) The same while moving an alias from one place to another on the same 
volume will move the original.
	3) Holding down a modifier key while dragging an original from one
place to another will make it an alias in the destination. Also a different 
modifier should keep the "duplication of the original" shortcut available.
	4) Also the "find original" command could have a shortcut like holding 
down a modifier while double-clicking an alias to find the original. Get Info 
is a little much for a lazy guy like me :).

My hope is maybe some (or all?) of these suggestions could be incorporated into 
a future release of System 7. Might as well suggest them now- the earlier the 
better. Any comments?

P.S. Do any of these exist now?

Dan

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