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From: ephraim@think.COM (ephraim vishniac)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: ResEdit question...
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Date: 7 Apr 88 13:10:00 GMT
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In article <22780003@acf8.UUCP> deragon@acf8.UUCP (John Paul Deragon) writes:
>I was using ResEdit last night (latest version, forgot #) and
>was fooling around with some key combinations. What exactly happens when
>you hold down shift-option-command and select 'about ResEdit' from the
>menu. I get a standard dialog box with the Joker, in the mac and the big
>"ON" with an arrow pointing up. If I do it again I get 'OFF'. What 
>exactly does it do?

You've discovered "pig mode."  In some versions of ResEdit, the alerts
say "Flipping pig mode ON" and "Flipping pig mode off."

What's pig mode?  A debugging tool for ResEdit.  When on, it forces
resource purging and memory compaction very frequently.  Needless to
say, this constant purging of resources makes ResEdit a real pig.


Ephraim Vishniac					  ephraim@think.com
Thinking Machines Corporation / 245 First Street / Cambridge, MA 02142-1214

     On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put
     into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?"