Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cmcl2!ccnysci!alexis
From: alexis@ccnysci.UUCP (Alexis Rosen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Using MultiFinder as Switcher
Keywords: MultiFinder, Switcher, Mmmmmmemory
Message-ID: <2034@ccnysci.UUCP>
Date: 19 May 89 01:58:22 GMT
References: <2662@osiris.sics.se>
Reply-To: alexis@ccnysci.UUCP (Alexis Rosen)
Organization: City College of New York
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In article <2662@osiris.sics.se> ollef@sics.se () writes:
>
> I think this has been discussed before. Is there any way to "Quit" Finder
>under MultiFinder and use the memory that was allocated?  I.e. is there a
>way to get MultiFinder to work as it's ancestor (Switcher)?

The easy way is to make yourself an FKEY (which you place in your system file)
using resedit. Just put in the two bytes A9F4, which is the trap for
ExitToShell. Experimentation has shown that it is completely safe to use this
in the Finder (though your last few icon or window drags might not be
remembered).

The good news is that this will quit the finder. When you quit your last 
application, multifinder will relaunch the finder automatically.

The bad news is that this will leave a memory hole where the finder was. You
can fill this with an app no larger than the finder. But then, you want to
use two (or more) programs in a limited memory space, and one is probably
pretty small. If not, try to find one of the tiny finder substitutes and use
it in place of the finder.

One trick that would probably work is using DA Handler as the Finder and
launching all your other apps with OnCue or DiskTools II. I haven't tried
that myself though.

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Alexis Rosen
alexis@ccnysci.{uucp,bitnet}
alexis@rascal.ics.utexas.edu  (last resort)