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From: stuart@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (S. D. Ericson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Rearwindow
Summary: For selection without activating the window
Message-ID: <12787@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>
Date: 12 Jan 90 14:38:39 GMT
References: <13005@uwav1.u.washington.edu>
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In article <13005@uwav1.u.washington.edu>, dr_insane@uwav1.u.washington.edu writes:
> Can anyone plase tell me what does rearwindow do?
> I download it and I don't find anything useful.  It looks just the same.


RearWIndow lets you move things from an overlapped window to another
window, by pressing command-Tab (clover-tab) before you start your
selection.

Here is a poor ascii representation of the top-left of a Mac Screen:

.------------------------------------
| ()'  File   Edit   View   Special
|------------------------------------
|                   .----------------
|                   |=== window 2 ===
|                   |----------------
|  .----------------|    .=._____.
|  |=== window 1 ===|    |       |
|  |----------------|    |       |
|  |   .----.       |    `-------'
|  |   | /\ |       |    folder a
|  |   | ## |       |
|  |   `----'       |
|  |   Document b   |

Let's say you want to drag Document b from window 1 into folder a
in window 2.  Normally, when you would select Document b, window 1
becomes active (ie, goes on top) and would obscure folder a in 
window 2.  A frustrating revelation.  BUT, if you have the rear-window
init running  (there is a special version for multi-finder, by the way)
you can press and hold clover and tab before you select document b,
window 1 will NOT become active, but the selection will take effect.
So you can just drag Docment b into folder a.

Voila!  (that's wallah to all you non-french speaking people!)

Stuart

P.S.  Does anyone have a version of RearWindow for multifinder that
      *displays an icon* at startup?  The original did, but....

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