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From: nerm@Apple.COM (Dean Yu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: MacroMaker- has system 7 killed it?
Message-ID: <52890@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 15 May 91 06:03:22 GMT
References: <1991May14.010900.4742@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
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In article <1991May14.010900.4742@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> umh@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
>1) No macromaker seems to come with system 7. I copied my system 6 macromaker
>into the extension folder, but it doesn't seem to do anything. Are my days of
>being able to force my editor to look like the unix jove editor over?

  We no longer ship MacroMaker with System 7 (obviously).  I don't think we
tried too hard to make sure it remained functional, since there are other
third party macro/scripting products on the market.

>
>2) The finder find command seems very fast. However can you tell it not to
>present me with an icon of the file its found, but to show me where the file is
>(you know- something like disk20:folder1:folder2:looked_for_filw like the old
>findfile DA used to do). I've fiddled with views but nothing there seems
>promising.
>

  Find will always bring up the window and select it's icon.  The vast majority
of users will use Find to locate a file so they can use it.  The Finder is
merely catering to this majority.

  -- Dean Yu
     Blue Meanie, Negative Ethnic Role Model, etc.
     Apple Computer, Inc.
     My opinions and so on and so forth...