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From: jmunkki@hila.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: A weird utility & installing sys 7.0
Message-ID: <1991May18.104110.22678@nntp.hut.fi>
Date: 18 May 91 10:41:10 GMT
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Reply-To: jmunkki@hila.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
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I'm one of the lucky ones who didn't even have to fight with ftp to get
System 7.0. I just installed it from a CD-ROM.

Most of the work is now done, and I'm mostly pleased. There are still a
few gripes that I want to point out.

    - There seems to be no way to replace Monaco 9. Even though I added
      it to the ROM override list, it doesn't appear in a suitcase file
      when I open one. I want a font where I 0 and O are different. I
      might start using Courier.

    - The system folder is still cluttered with preference files. A new
      poor man's search path would have solved the problem. At least my
      program doesn't find its preferences with OpenResFile.

    - Even though Suitcase II 1.2.9 says that it works with System 7.0,
      it really doesn't. At least the Suitcases display didn't work.

    - You still have to reserve the printer port to have AppleTalk on.
      How about creating a null network for those users who need the
      AppleTalk services, but do not want to waste a serial port.

    - The installer leaves old ROM override resources in place, if you
      do a partial install. This is potentially harmful.

    - I haven't studied all the ways that I have for customizing the
      Finder, but I have a few problems:

	cmd-shift-E doesn't eject-unmount a disk any more. It used to work.

	Waiting for a file name to become editable is irritating. The old
	way was better for experienced users.

	The finder thinks that one of my old MacWrite files is an alias.
	It says the problem is fixed, but the problem persists.

	If you copy files and switch out of Finder, you can open desk
	accessories and Apple menu items, but the actions only happen
	after the copy has been completed.

	I haven't reproduced this problem, but on one folder, the small
	icons view kept getting compressed. Every time I opened the folder,
	the icons inside were vertically closer than the previous time.
	They all ended up on top of each other in one horizontal line.

----

Enough complaining, now for something more useful (and for the reason that
I posted to comp.sys.mac.programmer).

Instead of putting preferences files in the preferences folder, I set their
invisible bits. I used to do this with DiskTop, but my version doesn't seem
to work any more (yes, it's a legal copy, but old). I can do it with ResEdit,
but it's too slow.

I was intrigued by the way that you can drop stuff into ResEdit, so I wrote
a short application that hides any files that you drop into it. Take it just
as a weird hack, I haven't tested this thing properly.

In Think C, the thing looks like:

/*
>>	Obfuscator.c	This program hides all the files that are given to it.
>>	
>>	Copyright 1991, Juri Munkki
>>	Feel free to use the code in your programs.
*/

void	ReadFinderStuff()
{
	int		message,count,i;
	AppFile		thefile;
	FileParam	block;
	
	CountAppFiles(&message,&count);
	if(message==1)
	{	return;
	}
	else
	{	for(i=1;i<=count;i++)
		{	GetAppFiles(i,&thefile);

			block.ioCompletion=0;
			block.ioNamePtr=thefile.fName;
			block.ioVRefNum=thefile.vRefNum;
			block.ioFVersNum=thefile.versNum;
			block.ioFDirIndex=0;

			PBGetFInfo(&block,0);
			block.ioFlFndrInfo.fdFlags |= fInvisible;
			PBSetFInfo(&block,0);
		}
	}
}

void	main()
{
	InitGraf(&thePort);
	InitCursor();
	ReadFinderStuff();		
}

Of course, you can't get the files back with the same program, but that's
a minor problem...

Here's the binhex:
(This file must be converted with BinHex 4.0)
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  / Juri Munkki	    /  Helsinki University of Technology   /  Wind  / Project /
 / jmunkki@hut.fi  /  Computing Center Macintosh Support  /  Surf  /  STORM  /
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