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From: shores@fergvax.unl.edu (Shores)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: 2 Live Finder 7 bugs
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Date: 3 Jun 91 05:12:29 GMT
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#1.  This bug involves the comment box in the Get Info window, so get
     info on something that will let you enter a comment.  Try typing a
     colon in the comment field... I'll bet you can't!  The finder turns
     colons into dashes here.  I'll bet Apple forgot that there were
     going to be other TextEdit boxes other than those for editing disk
     and file names (which you can't have a colon in).

#2.  The next bug may be trickier to reproduce; who knows, it could be
     just a Mac Plus (4MB RAM, 40 MB HD) thing.  Anyway, at the Finder:
       a. Insert a floppy disk.  Make sure that the only thing new that
          appears is the disk icon; if any of the disk's windows open
          up along with it (you probably "Put Away" the disk while
          these windows were open), then close all the windows, then
          unmount the disk ("Put Away"), THEN re-insert it.  This is
          important that all of the disk's windows be closed by
          default.
       b. Now, double click the disk's icon.  It's root window should
          appear.
       c. Eject the disk (but don't unmount it).
     Here's the bug.  After ejecting the disk, the Finder immediately
     asks for the disk back again, with the "Please Insert the Disk..."
     dialog box!  This is really annonying.  I'm out of disk labels,
     so the only way to label the disk is to write on it with a nice
     permanent marker.  To do this, I have to insert the disk, and
     open the disk's root window so I can see what files are on it,
     hence the bug.  I wouldn't mind much, except that the "Insert
     the disk..." box is strategically placed to cover the disk's
     window.  I must be in the habit of closing all the windows before
     I unmount the disk.

     There is a work-around:
       a. Insert disk.
       b. Open disk.
       c. Eject disk.
       d. Finder will complain, re-Insert disk.
       e. Eject disk.

     It's like the Finder wants to write out changes to the disk's
     Desktop file, except that it forgets until you eject the disk.

As with all System 7.0 bugs, we can rest easier if someone else can
duplicate or disprove them, so please post or email.


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   ... Tom Shores, Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska.
   ... shores@fergvax.unl.edu