Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!cognos!roberts From: roberts@cognos.uucp (Robert Stanley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Patch for Font/DA Mover wanted Message-ID: <674@cognos.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-May-87 15:30:56 EDT Article-I.D.: cognos.674 Posted: Wed May 6 15:30:56 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 8-May-87 04:19:15 EDT References: <989@ark.cs.vu.nl> <621@omepd> <991@ark.cs.vu.nl> <3490@osu-eddie.UUCP> Reply-To: roberts@cognos.UUCP (Robert Stanley) Organization: Cognos Incorporated, Ottawa, Canada Lines: 32 Summary: patching F/DA Mover In article <3490@osu-eddie.UUCP> sarrel@osu-eddie.UUCP (Marc Sarrel) writes: >>Use any file-editor to look for: >>001A 5E >>and change it into: >>002F 5E >My question is, how safe is this procedure? Does it have any tricky side >effects that I should know about? Why was the limit of 15 put on in the first >place? You are starting to get into a large and murky area, beyond the obvious one of 'do not patch your original and only version'. For a first class discussion of many of these issues, explained in lay terms, consult the April (I believe, otherwise March) issue of MacUser (I'm certain). This not only describes the patches, but discusses what else to do, and what the consequences of doing them are. Recently, an INIT floated across the net called 64Slots, which increased the slots from 48 to 64. I haven't had cause to use it, so can't swear to its reliability in everyday usage. There are also a number of alternatives, including DoubleApple, which allows you to keep two apple menues. The limit of 15 was put on because it seemed like a reasonable number from the total of 48 resource slots (many with allocated functions) to leave a sensible number for future expansion. It has never been clear to me why the total was 48 rather than 64, and the appearance of 64Slots indicates that at least one other person feels the same way. -- Robert Stanley decvax!utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!cognos!roberts Voice: (613) 738-1440 (on EST) Tuesdays only don't ask-----' Cognos Inc., 3755 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 3N3 CANADA