pgn@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Paul G. Nevai) (09/22/88)
Do you have a number of CDEV and are you sick of opening the Control Panel
and searching for the right CDEV? Are you a semi-power user equipped with
Choose CDEV* so at least one CDEV comes up immediately? Do you want to be
able to have any CDEV available immediately without frantic searching? Then
listen.
You need: Control Panel and CDEVs, Choose CDEV*, Font/DA Mover, Font/DA
Utilitiy* (or ResEdit) and preferably but not necessarily SuitCase* (or
something equivalent).
Step 1. Use Font/DA Mover to make a suitcase with the control panel in it.
Step 2. Make a lots of copies of it.
Step 3. Use Font/DA Utilitiy* (or ResEdit) to rename the control panel in
each of the suitcases (e.g. Pyro Panel, General Panel and so forth). (I
named them Pyro Panel, General Panel etc. so they would remain next to each
other in the alphabetical order.)
Step 4. Use Font/DA Mover to combine them into one suitcase called, say,
myPanels.
Step 5. Use SuitCase* to mount myPanel.
Step 6. Use Choose CDEV* to customize ech of your very personal panels.
Needless to say, that not all steps above are necessary. I just wanted to
make it very clear what's happening.
Summary: use several copies of the Contol Panel each customized with Choose
CDEV*.
If you like this idea please drop me a note and then I wil keep thinking of
newer and better ways to enjoy life with a Mac.
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Triple Cheers for Pafnuty Lvovitch Tschebyscheff !!!
(alias Cebyshev, Chebishev, Chebyshev, Csebisov, Tschebysev etc.)
Have Orthogonal Polynomials
Will Travel
Paul Nevai pgn@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu
Department of Mathematics TS1171@OHSTVMA.bitnet
The Ohio State University 73057,172.Compu$erve
231 West Eighteenth Avenue 1-614-292-5310.office
Columbus, OH 43210, U.S.A. 1-614-292-4975.dept
rdsesq@Jessica.stanford.edu (Rob Snevely) (09/23/88)
You can also do this using the lastest version of HierDA that was posted to comp.binaries.mac a few weeks back. Atleast it works on my ][. Hope this helps out as well rob "If evil is the food of genius there aren't many demons around" Adam Ant
mystone@caen.engin.umich.edu (Dean Yu) (09/23/88)
Just grab HierDA off of Sumex... It'll pop up a sub-menu next to Control Panel in the apple menu with a list of all CDEVs. Very nice!
john@trigraph.UUCP (John Chew) (09/23/88)
In article <886@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> pgn@osupyr (Paul G. Nevai) writes: >Do you have a number of CDEV and are you sick of opening the Control Panel >and searching for the right CDEV? Are you a semi-power user equipped with >Choose CDEV* so at least one CDEV comes up immediately? Do you want to be >able to have any CDEV available immediately without frantic searching? Then >listen. >Summary: use several copies of the Contol Panel each customized with Choose >CDEV*. A much simpler solution is to get your free copy of hierDA (by "jbx"). It makes the apple menu into a hierarchical one, with a submenu under Control Panel listing all the cdevs, and a submenu under each DA that has a menu. It also optionally lets you bring up a copy of the menu bar as a pop-up menu if you click on the desktop. John Chew -- john j. chew, iii poslfit@utorgpu.bitnet trigraph, inc. poslfit@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu toronto, canada {uunet!mnetor!utzoo,utgpu,utcsri}!trigraph!john [it is my opinion that these are solely my opinions.]
macak@lakesys.UUCP (Jim Macak) (09/23/88)
In <886@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> pgn@osupyr (Paul G. Nevai) writes: >Do you have a number of CDEV and are you sick of opening the Control Panel >and searching for the right CDEV? Are you a semi-power user equipped with >Choose CDEV* so at least one CDEV comes up immediately? Do you want to be >able to have any CDEV available immediately without frantic searching? Then >listen. >You need: Control Panel and CDEVs, Choose CDEV*, Font/DA Mover, Font/DA >Utilitiy* (or ResEdit) and preferably but not necessarily SuitCase* (or >something equivalent). (Lengthy instructions deleted.) Wouldn't it be a lot easier to use the "hierDA" cdev to do all this for you? This neat little utility attaches a hierarchical menu to the DAs under the Apple menu, including the Control Panel. Placing the mouse over the Control Panel on the menu brings up and second menu to the right that lists all the cdev options that are available in the Control Panel. Just move the cursor over and choose which one you want and the Control Panel will open directly to that cdev. Nice. And easy! Jim -- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Jim --> macak@lakesys.UUCP (Jim Macak) {Standard disclaimer, nothin' fancy!} >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
blm@cxsea.UUCP (Brian Matthews) (09/23/88)
Paul G. Nevai (pgn@osupyr) writes: |Do you have a number of CDEV and are you sick of opening the Control Panel |and searching for the right CDEV? ... |Summary: use several copies of the Contol Panel each customized with Choose |CDEV*. This looks like a clever way to do this, but if you're like me and have a vast array of DAs already and don't want ten or so control panels, get the INIT called hierDA. I believe it was posted to comp.binaries.mac a bit ago, I've seen it on almost every bulletin board I call, and I'd be real surprised if sumex didn't have it. Anyways, what hierDA does is make each entry in the Apple menu which is a DA with a menu of it's own into a hierarchical entry, with the DA's menu being the submenu (read that aloud 5 time fast :-)). As a Special Added Bonus Feature, it makes all of the CDEVs in your system folder into a submenu of the Control Panel, so all you do is open the Apple menu, drag to Control Panel, and up pops a submenu containing the CDEVs. Choose one, and the Control Panel opens to that CDEV! Funky yet functional. Disclaimer: I have nothing to do with hierDA except using and admiring it. -- Brian L. Matthews blm@cxsea.UUCP ...{mnetor,uw-beaver!ssc-vax}!cxsea!blm +1 206 251 6811 Computer X Inc. - a division of Motorola New Enterprises
mha@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder) (09/24/88)
In article <886@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> pgn@osupyr (Paul G. Nevai) writes: > >Do you have a number of CDEV and are you sick of opening the Control Panel >and searching for the right CDEV? Are you a semi-power user equipped with >Choose CDEV* so at least one CDEV comes up immediately? Do you want to be >able to have any CDEV available immediately without frantic searching? Then >listen. > >Summary: use several copies of the Contol Panel each customized with Choose >CDEV*. No offense, but I can't think of sufficient reason to keep several copies of the Control Panel around. Even if I had unlimited disk space (I don't; few of us do) this sounds like a somewhat clumsy fix for what, admittedly, should not be as it is. It would definitely be nice to set a default CDEV to come up on top each time you used the Control Panel. Going straight to the individual one you have in mind each time, though, may be somewhat much. That's why the CDEVs are all in one place in the first place. Maybe Apple should alter the Control Panel slightly so that you could type the first letter of a CDEV and have it come up, the same way the Standard File Package GetFile dialog works. Of course, since you sometimes have to type into edit fields in CDEVs, it may be more appropriate to use Option with the letter, or some such. I just think Paul's solution, creative though it is (no sarcasm intended) isn't really a solution. > Triple Cheers for Pafnuty Lvovitch Tschebyscheff !!! > > (alias Cebyshev, Chebishev, Chebyshev, Csebisov, Tschebysev etc.) Who? >Paul Nevai pgn@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu >Department of Mathematics TS1171@OHSTVMA.bitnet >The Ohio State University 73057,172.Compu$erve >231 West Eighteenth Avenue 1-614-292-5310.office >Columbus, OH 43210, U.S.A. 1-614-292-4975.dept -- Mark H. Anbinder ** MHA@TCGould.tn.cornell.edu NG33 MVR Hall, Media Services Dept. ** THCY@CRNLVAX5.BITNET Cornell University H: (607) 257-7587 ******** Ithaca, NY 14853 W: (607) 255-1566 ******* Ego ipse custodies custudio
isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Ken Hancock) (09/24/88)
In article <886@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> pgn@osupyr (Paul G. Nevai) writes: > > >Do you have a number of CDEV and are you sick of opening the Control Panel >and searching for the right CDEV? Are you a semi-power user equipped with >Choose CDEV* so at least one CDEV comes up immediately? Do you want to be >able to have any CDEV available immediately without frantic searching? Then >listen. > >You need: Control Panel and CDEVs, Choose CDEV*, Font/DA Mover, Font/DA >Utilitiy* (or ResEdit) and preferably but not necessarily SuitCase* (or >something equivalent). > [ Making umpteen copies of Control Panel, renaming and renumbering them and then using ChooseCDEV on each one deleted ] A much easier way would just be to get a copy of HierDA from SUMEX-AIM (came across comp.binaries about a month or two ago). HierDA is a nice little DA that turns your control panel into a hierarchical menu listing all of your cdevs. It then opens to whichever one you've selected. Sleek, easy, and clever. Ken inews line-counters eat this... inews line-counters eat this... inews line-counters eat this.... inews line-counters eat this.... Ken Hancock '90 | BITNET/UUCP/ Personal Computing Ctr Consultant | INTERNET: isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER? I don't get paid enough to worry about disclaimers.