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From: truesdel@ics.uci.edu (Scott Truesdell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Sundesk Hints
Keywords: SunDesk
Message-ID: <25DCAF5A.18880@paris.ics.uci.edu>
Date: 17 Feb 90 01:56:42 GMT
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jtn@potomac.ads.com (John T. Nelson) writes:

>Better get SOME kind of doc out soon.  I couldn't make heads or tails
>of that posting.  

First, Frederic is French, so sometimes his English is a little opaque
:-)  He works on non-free software for a living and is a very busy
person. Let me try and help.


>What is SunDesk?  An INIT?  A CDEV?  A replacement
>for the Finder?  What auxillerly files does it use?  How is it
>activated?

SunDesk is an INIT that enables the Finder to show color icons.
The color icons are kept in a file called SunDesk Icons, which
should be in the System Folder. The SunDesk Icons file contains 
resources of type CLUT, ICN#, and icl8, which is the color icon.
icl8 will be used by future versions of Apple's Finder to show
color icons.

SunDesk Icons file is edited with ResEdit with Frederic's ResColors
additions. Probably the easiest way to get all the docs and everything 
to ftp my site and grab what you need.

	host name	ics.uci.edu
	host IP addr	128.195.1.1
	login		anonymous
	password	guest
	path		~ftp/pub/mac

Hope this helps.

  --scott

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Scott Truesdell