dce@stan.UUCP (David Elliott) (01/31/89)
In previous articles, it has been suggested that the FKEY "switcheroo" can be used to change the screen depth (number of colors) on a MacII. I suggested that this could be done using MacroMaker (or Tempo or AutoMac or QuickKeys or ...). It definitely is possible with MacroMaker. I now have F11 set the screen to black&white and shift-F11 set it to 16 grays. All you do is start MacroMaker recording, call up Control Panel, select Monitors, select the setup you want, close Control Panel, and stop MacroMaker. I set these up as global macros. There are some potential problems: 1. The DA menu may change. I actually removed some DAs that were in the menu before Control Panel and MacroMaker was able to handle it, even though the documentation (which is pretty poor in the first place) says that MM is position-sensitive. The fact that I had no trouble could be a result of the fact that I only have one DA installed (Control Panel) and all the rest are handled by Suitcase, but I suspect that MM knows more than is documented. 2. The CDEV menu may change. I use ChooseCDEV (freeware) to force Monitors to be the first on the list. I have seen other people change their CDEV names to have numbers first (i.e., 1.Monitors, 2.Pyro, etc.). In any case, MM is definitely sensitive to CDEV placement. I believe that the other macro facilities mentioned above can be configured to get around these problems. MacroMaker is not particularly smart. 3. Make sure you are very explicit with selections. Make sure you click on all of the icons, radio buttons, and selections that are involved. This may save some headaches in the future. NOTE: I have no beef with the author of Switcheroo, and it may well be a more attractive solution (the MM solution brings up Control Panel on the screen). I simply point out that powerful facilities exist to do this job. -- David Elliott ...!pyramid!boulder!stan!dce "All he wanted was a Pepsi, but I wouldn't give it to him!" -- Mike's mom