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From: ech@cbnewsk.att.com (ned.horvath)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Suggestions for aliases in System 7
Message-ID: <1991Apr30.033152.9440@cbnewsk.att.com>
Date: 30 Apr 91 03:31:52 GMT
References: <1991Apr26.150233.9371@umiami.ir.miami.edu>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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From article <1991Apr26.150233.9371@umiami.ir.miami.edu>, by dweisman@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Ordinary Man):
> 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.

This is one I can live without (you DID ask for comments...)

> 	2) The same while moving an alias from one place to another on the same 
> volume will move the original.

This one makes my head hurt.  But, like the first one, I wouldn't remember
the shortcut if I had it.

> 	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.

This one is actually a hole in the current 7.0 Finder.  If I want an alias
on a writeable volume for a file on a read-only volume, there's no way to
get it from the Finder right now.  Those of us who have grown dependent
on CD ROMs of late would like to see this one RSN.

> 	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 :).

Again, in practice, I don't need to find the original often enough to care.

These are opinions based on maybe two months using the 7.0 finder, but
they remain only my opinions.  I haven't installed it for my Mom yet...

=Ned Horvath=
ehorvath@attmail.com