gall@yunexus.UUCP (Norman R. Gall) (05/01/89)
Ok. I have 19 inits and most can't have their icons turned off (nor do they have a separate init resource that I could hack out). Is there anything I can do about this? Maybe someone should write an init to have two rows of startup init icons :-) :-) Thanks. Norman R. Gall York University Department of Philosophy Toronto, Ontario, Canada _____________________________________________________________________________
pj@pnet51.cts.com (Paul Jacoby) (05/02/89)
Norm, check out the INIT (agh! another one!) called IconWrap 1.2. This INIT does just what you want--wraps well behaved startup icons up to line two. It will work for most INITs that use ShowINIT code from Paul Mercer...there are a few 'renegades' out there who use their own methods for displaying a startup icon. A necessary add-on in today's crowded System Folder (what? 66 items? what can they all be.....) .-----------------------------------------------------------------------------. | UUCP: {rosevax, crash, orator}!orbit!pnet51!pj | "Ah! I see you have the | | ARPA: crash!orbit!pnet51!pj@nosc.mil | machine that goes | | INET: pj@pnet51.cts.com | 'BING!'" | `-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'
rsvp@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (R. Scott V. Paterson) (05/03/89)
In article <1051@orbit.UUCP> pj@pnet51.cts.com (Paul Jacoby) writes: >Norm, check out the INIT (agh! another one!) called IconWrap 1.2. This INIT >does just what you want--wraps well behaved startup icons up to line two. I have this handy init. If you would like me to send it, just send me a note. -Scott rsvp@dartmouth.edu rsvp@dartcms1.bitnet
gall@yunexus.UUCP (Norman R. Gall) (05/03/89)
I have been sent many copies of various inits to handle my problem. I
thank profusely all those who took the time to fire them off to me. I
hope that I might be able to help some of you out in the future.
Thanks again!!
Norman R. Gall
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York University Department of Philosophy Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"Don't, _for_heaven's_sake_, be afraid of talking nonsense! But you
must pay attention to your nonsense." -- L. Wittgenstein
_____________________________________________________________________________thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod) (05/03/89)
In article <1755@yunexus.UUCP> gall@yunexus.UUCP (Norman R. Gall) writes: >Ok. I have 19 inits and most can't have their icons turned off (nor >do they have a separate init resource that I could hack out). Is >there anything I can do about this? Maybe someone should write an >init to have two rows of startup init icons :-) :-) The latest version of IconWrap (1.2) is sitting in the comp.binaries.mac queue, even as we speak. This INIT came about as a result of similar "complaints" about startup icons, sometime last November or so. David Oster originally came up with the idea of doing a "carriage return," by resetting the value stored in low memory which determines the icon's horizontal position. I posted an INIT shortly thereafter which offset multiple rows vertically, by patching _CopyBits so the icon's destination rectangle could be shifted. That initial version of IconWrap proved to have a serious design flaw (it was a tail patch), and several applications crashed when it was installed. The current version, 1.2, has been completely rewritten, and supports the latest ShowINIT code for color icons. It's been tested fairly rigorously, and appears to be quite robust. Interestingly enough, I've gotten considerable feedback from people who can't STAND startup icons, period, and want some global method of shutting them all off (without affecting the loading of the INIT, of course). This is certainly possible, and if there's ever an IconWrap 2.0, it will probably include this feature (although I can't understand WHY you'd ever grow tired of the friendly little things marching across your screen! :-) -ken -- ========== ....... ============================================= Ken McLeod :. .: UUCP: ...{spsd,zardoz,felix}!dhw68k!thecloud ========== :::.. ..::: INTERNET: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com //// =============================================
oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster) (05/05/89)
In article <1755@yunexus.UUCP> gall@yunexus.UUCP (Norman R. Gall) writes: >Ok. I have 19 inits and most can't have their icons turned off (nor >do they have a separate init resource that I could hack out). Is >there anything I can do about this? Maybe someone should write an >init to have two rows of startup init icons :-) :-) Unfortunately, the current showInit convention only passes the X coordinate from INIT to INIT. the Y coordinate comes from QuickDraw's global variables. I thought it was too risky to try to patch QuickDraw to lie to later INITs. Some time ago, I posted the LSC source code and the HQX object code for an INIT called "CR", the sole function of which is to carriage return the INIT display. Just name it so it is alphabetically between the INITs you want to CR, and it will start a new row, midway between the INITs of the old row. Not an ideal solution, but a quick and easy one. --- David Phillip Oster --"When we replace the mouse with a pen, Arpa: oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu --3 button mouse fans will need saxophone Uucp: {uwvax,decvax}!ucbvax!oster%dewey.soe.berkeley.edu --lessons." - Gasee