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From: greg@harvard.UUCP (Greg)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: a few more option-keys tips
Message-ID: <907@harvard.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-Apr-86 18:10:52 EDT
Article-I.D.: harvard.907
Posted: Wed Apr 30 18:10:52 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 3-May-86 04:48:03 EDT
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Reply-To: greg@harvard.UUCP (Greg)
Organization: Harvard
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Keywords: option-key close

In article <3237@sdcc3.UUCP> borton@sdcc3.UUCP (Chris Borton) writes:
>One of the most fun things to share with other Mac people are option-key
>'tricks' you've discovered or heard about.
...
>option-click on close box closes ALL windows.
>
>cmd-period soon after double-clicking in the finder will abort back.
>
>option-open folder in Finder 5.[12] will leave window closed upon return.
>
>cmd-drag icon in Finder 5.[12] leaves icon 'on grid.'  This can be
>	permanently enabled, along with many other goodies, in the LAYO
>	resource of the Finder.  Use ResEdit 1.0D? to modify.
>
>Most people know the option tricks for Font/DA Mover by now...

You call these things fun?  Well what about shift-command-click-option-double-
click?  Doesn't that do something too??  Oh yes, but you wouldn't know since
it's *undocumented*.

Apple and other software developers should stop these interface abuses
before they get out of hand.
-- 
gregregreg