Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!bc From: bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: System 7 experiences Keywords: System 7, Mac Plus Message-ID: <53423@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 29 May 91 03:23:24 GMT References: Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA Lines: 20 In article rcbaem@urc.tue.nl writes: |Wasn't it possible to build a list of the items |and icons and use that list when displaying the menu? (Instead of |recalculating every time the mouse moves over another menu item, which |it seems to do) Unfortunately, that can't be done because of the way the Menu Manager works. The upside of this is that you always get a fully-up-to-date menu, not one that was created at reboot time. |* Why is it still impossible to save a file under the name ".Sony" etc.? That's a limitation of the Mac filesystem. There are certain other restrictions as well, such as a 32 character limit, and colons not being allowed in names. Please don't try to get around the limits, it really screws things up badly. bill coderre from his "responsibility to users" ps. Use Word's outliner. It's better.