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From: gelphman@adobe.COM (David Gelphman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: VersaTerm/MultiFinder problem...
Message-ID: <3660@adobe.COM>
Date: 3 Mar 88 19:46:12 GMT
References: <1040@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU>
Reply-To: gelphman@adobe.UUCP (David Gelphman)
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View
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Summary: MultiFinder bug


     I've had the same problem with VersaTerm and it was a MultiFinder
bug. I found that if I launched VersaTerm from anywhere except the Apple
Finder (such as with QuicKeys, PowerStation, etc), that the backgrounding
capabilities of VersaTerm went away. This is because the 'shared' bit
is set for VersaTerm and MultiFinder has a bug for this case. The
solution is to use ResEdit or DiskTop to uncheck the 'shared' bit. 
Because of some confusion about the 'shared' vs 'cached' bit in some
versions of ResEdit, ResEdit may show the 'cached' bit set instead of
the 'shared' bit. Uncheck it anyway, save changes etc.

This solved the problem for me. By the way, VersaTerm version 3.2
is available and is much smarter about remembering window placement
assignments, etc. I'd upgrade if possible (just don't forget to
uncheck the shared bit on the new copy you get).

David Gelphman