sqphil@csvax.liv.ac.uk (07/01/88)
My thanks to all those people who responded to my request for ResEdit,
to those who offered it, and to the person who actually sent me version
1.2d1. Now I can set up my Finder directories to "title-click", and can
edit fonts with a nicer interface - sheer luxury!
Has anyone produced a DA or APPL that allows you to modify the Finder
LAYO without having to go to all the trouble of using ResEdit? It seems
to me that Apple should supply such a thing with System releases. Lots
of people would like to use some of these hidden Finder features, but are
worried at the thought of zapping things with ResEdit.
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Disclaimer - No-one around here listens to a word I say anyway...chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) (07/06/88)
>Has anyone produced a DA or APPL that allows you to modify the Finder >LAYO without having to go to all the trouble of using ResEdit? It seems >to me that Apple should supply such a thing with System releases. Lots >of people would like to use some of these hidden Finder features, but are >worried at the thought of zapping things with ResEdit. Yes. It's called (of course) Layout. And it's available on CompuServe and perhaps other places. Nice thing to have. Chuq Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ Robert A. Heinlein: 1907-1988. He will never truly die as long as we read his words and speak his name. Rest in Peace.
nicky@cup.portal.com (07/07/88)
There is a finder 'LAYO' editor called "Layout" by Michael C. O'Connor. The version I have is from Nov. of 86 and It works fine. You won't be able to modify the finder under Multifinder however. It will give you a message such as "This is an older version of the Finder.." or some such thing. NP
Mark_Peter_Cookson@cup.portal.com (07/07/88)
There is a program called Layout and it will allow you to change the spacing of Icons (in both regular size and mini), will allow you to change the font used and size, will allow you to set up the spacing between files when listed by name, date, type, and so on, and will allow you to set the default window size, type (Icon, name, date....) and location. It is a pretty good program for what it does. And it also knows the defaut setting of the Finder so at the click the mouse and a whir of the drive everything goes back to normal. I can binhex it and put it up here if you want. Mark Cookson (I haven't the faintest idea what my address is, I'm on Portal)
werner@utastro.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) (07/07/88)
checking at SUMEX and SIMTEL20, I found the following files listed in the Table of Contents: at SUMEX.STANFORD.EDU in Directory <INFO-MAC> Filename Size Created -------------------------------------------------- UTILITY-LAYOUT-EDIT.HQX.2 15 36403(7) 17-Dec-86 at SIMTEL20.ARPA in Directory PD1:<MACINTOSH.UTIL> file: Filename Type Bytes Sectors CRC ------------------------------------------------------------------- LAYOUT..1 BINARY 27776 217 = D9H 0C66H NOTE: the file at SUMEX is stored in ASCII, the one at SIMTEL20 in binary (I think the one at SIMTEL was imported from SUMEX and converted to binary to save space; remember to open a binary connection if you FTP from SIMTEL20) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ send Email to: werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Internet: 128.83.144.1) .....!ut-sally!rascal.ics.utexas.edu!werner should RASCAL be ill: werner@astro.as.utexas.edu or werner@utastro.UUCP)
mfi@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Mark Interrante) (07/07/88)
In article <59011@sun.uucp> chuq@sun.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) writes: >>Has anyone produced a DA or APPL that allows you to modify the Finder >>LAYO without having to go to all the trouble of using ResEdit? > >Yes. It's called (of course) Layout. And it's available on CompuServe and >perhaps other places. Nice thing to have. > (I seem to be saying the same old things this week ) How about posting it to comp.sys.mac, I have watched the Layout thread with interest but have not modified my system for fear of total destruction. Thanks. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Interrante Software Engineering Research Center mfi@beach.cis.ufl.edu CIS Department, University of Florida 32611 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The sky clenched, a mountain of mud convulsed, earth and sky bellowed at each other, there was a horrible pinkness, a sudden greenness, a lingering orangeness that strained the clouds, and then the light sank and the night at last was deeply, hideously dark. --- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
drc@dbase.UUCP (Dennis Cohen) (07/08/88)
In article <3664@csvax.liv.ac.uk>, sqphil@csvax.liv.ac.uk writes: > Has anyone produced a DA or APPL that allows you to modify the Finder > LAYO without having to go to all the trouble of using ResEdit? It seems > to me that Apple should supply such a thing with System releases. Lots > of people would like to use some of these hidden Finder features, but are > worried at the thought of zapping things with ResEdit. There is a public domain utility known as Layout which does precisely what you want. Version 1.6 is the current release and "knows" about the new fields in the LAYO resource. I thought I saw it go by on the net, but could easily be mistaken; I know it is on CI$, GEnie, Delphi, and most of the local Mac BBSs. Dennis Cohen Claris ------------ Disclaimer: Any opinions expressed above are _MINE_!
yang-joel@CS.YALE.EDU (Joel Yang) (07/08/88)
Actually, when transfering "Binary" files from Simtel20 you probably need to tell FTP to use type "tenex"; upload these files to the Macintosh using an application that supports MacBinary transfers.
reeck@lclark.UUCP (David Reeck) (07/12/88)
In article <59011@sun.uucp> chuq@sun.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) writes: >>Has anyone produced a DA or APPL that allows you to modify the Finder >>LAYO without having to go to all the trouble of using ResEdit? It seems > >Yes. It's called (of course) Layout. And it's available on CompuServe and >perhaps other places. Nice thing to have. > Perhaps someone with access to these illustrious systems should post it to comp.binaries.mac? I'd love a copy... Thanks Dave
rmf@actnyc.UUCP (Robert M. Fuhrer) (07/13/88)
>a DA or APPL that allows you to modify the Finder LAYO?
Sorry to ask for a repeat, but just exactly what is a LAYO resource?
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