sumacc@uwmacc.UUCP (Rick Keir) (01/08/86)
Here is how I configure my MegaMax C compiler disk. First, install these desk accessories: "Extras" (shows free disk and memory space, deletes files and compacts memory); "Idle" (bouncing Macintosh; prevents screen burn in), "BaseTool" (hex/octal/binary/decimal conversions), "DiskInfo" (lists file names, sizes, type/creator codes, size of data and resource forks, and date modified). You may also want these desk accessories: "Multi- ScrapBook" (multiple scrapbooks); "MockWrite" (simple text processor); "MockPrint" (simple file printer); and "MockTer- minal" (simple terminal program). Then replace your finder with "Mighty Finder" (shareware). Do this by copying it over, then using some utility such as MacTools (commercial: part of CopyII Mac) to rename it. Actually, most things that let you rename files don't complain about doin this, other than the Finder itself. Your disk will now boot using this as the finder. This lets you change creator/type codes, bundle/locked/invisible bits. You can launch programs. You can delete, copy and rename files. This covers most of what one does in program development with the normal finder, and adds in the functionality of the SetFile utility. Finally, go through and use Mighty Finder or SetFile to change the file type of each of the standard MegaMax header files from "TEXT" to something innocuous, like "fred". Why? Now your header files will still show up whenever the com- piler needs them, but when you use the minifinder for the Editor program, they are unavailable. This has 2 benefits: you can't accidentally alter the contents of them, and you get a much more reasonable list of possible files to open in the editor. Of course, if you get the Hierarchical File System (HFS) that comes with HD20, this will quite probably not work. However, many other things won't, either. I don't know about MegaMax C, but I have read that Mac C 2.0 (Consu- lair) and MDS Edit (the editor for most program development systems) does not run under HFS. Since MegaMax C has a second editor that is NOT MDS Edit, it may still be usable without an update. -- Rick Keir -- MicroComputer Information Center, Rm 3130 MACC 1210 West Dayton St/U Wisconsin Madison/Mad WI 53706 {allegra, ihnp4, seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!sumacc (OR) uwvax!uwmacc!rick