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From: milne@ics.uci.edu (Alastair Milne)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Fkeys
Keywords: fkeys, resedit
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Date: 2 May 89 08:42:04 GMT
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To: maddoxt@novavax.UUCP (Thomas Maddox),
    vogelei@nmtsun.nmt.edu (Todd Vogelei)

maddoxt@novavax.UUCP (Thomas Maddox) writes
>In article <2509@nmtsun.nmt.edu> vogelei@nmtsun.nmt.edu (Todd Vogelei) writes:
>>
>>How do you install an Fkey?  
>
>>I understand that you can use resedit to install them.  I have resedit
>>but don't know too much about using it.  Can some kind soul send me a
>>step-by-step on how to do this procedure?

     Simply copying resources around with ResEdit is no great difficulty --
     certainly not compared with going into an individual resource and working
     on it.

     ResEdit (as you've probably discovered) starts off with a file-list
     window, in which you double-click on the file you want (may have to
     double-click first on the folder(s) containing it).  Opening the file
     gives you a scrolling list of all the resource types it contains.

     Now drag that window aside and open the second file (the order of opening
     them makes no difference).  Now you should have the resource-type lists
     of both of them in front of you.

     To copy resources, you simply use the same {cut or copy}-and-paste 
     operations that you're so familiar with.  If you want to move all the
     resources of a given type from one file to another, just select that type
     in the source-file's window (single-click), copy it, move to the resource 
     list window of the other file, and paste.  (For the moment I'm ignoring 
     possible number conflicts).

     If you only want certain resources of that type (such as FKEY's 4 and 7,
     but not 1-3, 5,6, or 8 or 9), double-click on the type name, and you'll 
     get the list of individual resources.  Again, just select the ones you
     want, copy them, move to the resource-list window of the other file, and
     paste.  (Discontinuous selections may be possible in ResEdit, but I don't
     immediately remember.  Anyway, it's scarcely a hardship if they're not.)

     At the moment, I can't remember well enough how ResEdit handles resource
     ID conflicts to talk about them (e.g. if you try to add KFEY 5 to a
     resource fork that already has it, what happens?)

     You can just as easily delete unwanted resources from a resource fork, by
     selecting them and then choosing Clear from the Edit menu (note that you
     have to choose the Clear item here -- the delete key is not equivalent).  
     Obviously you want to be very careful about doing this, and it's quite 
     likely you'll never do it.

     The real complexity of ResEdit doesn't start until you double click on a
     particular resource, and you've no need to do that just to copy them.
     (If you should accidentally double-click a resource, just click in the
     close box of the window it creates.)

     **BIG WARNING!!**
     If you select Quit before saving your changes, *DON'T* expect ResEdit 
     politely to ask you if you want them saved first: *it won't*!  It will
     just discard your changes, as I have found out to my cost.  Explicitly 
     close the file(s)' windows -- that will get you your save dialogue.

     Certain types of resources, such as DRVRs (which hold DA's) and FONTs and
     NFNTs, have particular applications for moving them, and these
     applications usually deal with ID conflicts.  Font/DA Mover is one such
     application.  If you can find such a specialised application to move 
     your particular resources, I suggest you prefer it to ResEdit.