hallett@macbeth.UUCP (06/04/87)
Hi all! I be a might confused about the new system 4.1 and Finder 5.5. I noticed in the System Folder a bunch of new files. I realize that these are configuration files for the control panal. What I am wondering is what do these control? Ie. What is the purpose of "General"; how does "Keyboard" differ from "Key Layout", etc.? What are the options for replacing these with other things, if any? Can anyone at Apple (or anywhere) either post the whole wad about these or arrange docs to be sent to me or anything??? Much obliged. Jeffrey A. Hallett Software Technology Program PS. Will the HDBackup application in the Finder 5.5 utilities backup any harddisk or just Apple's? If so, will it run under pre-S4.1,F5.5 systems?
lsr@apple.UUCP (06/05/87)
In article <6144@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> hallett@macbeth.UUCP () writes: > >What I am wondering is what do these control? Ie. What is the purpose of >"General"; how does "Keyboard" differ from "Key Layout", etc.? What are >the options for replacing these with other things, if any? General contains the items that don't fall under any other category (eg, desktop pattern, RAM cache, menu blink, etc.). Keyboard controls the keyboard repeating. Mouse controls the mouse scaling and double click speed. You can remove any file you want, if you don't want to change those options. If you remove all the files, then you might as well remove the Control Panel DA, because it won't do anything. (The Control Panel will just tell you that there are no files.) The best thing to do is try the Control Panel. There is no real change in function between the latest Control Panel and previous versions. KeyLayout is used by the KeyCaps DA to tell what the physical keyboard layout is. If you remove it, then KeyCaps will not show you a picture of the keyboard. >PS. Will the HDBackup application in the Finder 5.5 utilities backup >any harddisk or just Apple's? If so, will it run under pre-S4.1,F5.5 >systems? It should work on any hard disk. I don't know about running under earlier systems. -- Larry Rosenstein Object Specialist Apple Computer AppleLink: Rosenstein1 UUCP: {sun, voder, nsc, mtxinu, dual}!apple!lsr CSNET: lsr@Apple.com