frankng@basser.oz (Frank Ng) (01/16/87)
Recently in some news articles (sorry, I forget which) and in literature (eg MacTutor January 87) have referred to the ability of System 3.2 to find resources (fonts, DAs, inits) in other files in the System Folder. The only concrete fact I have found on this issue is that INIT 31 in the system file is an "INIT INIT", and looks for INITs in a file of type INIT or RDEV in the system folder, and executes them on startup. I was wondering if their was a similar INIT or other method for the installation of FONTS/FONDS and DRVRs, so that the system folder does not need to be changed everytime a new font or DA is required. (I already know about Other..., dblDA, etc, and putting resources in applications, sorry to those in oz who have already seen this message) thanks for any advice. -- Frank Ng ACSnet: frankng@basser Basser Department of Computer Science ARPA: frankng%basser.oz@seismo.css.gov University of Sydney NSW 2006 UUCP: seismo!munnari!basser.oz!frankng AUSTRALIA
lsr@apple.UUCP (01/17/87)
In article <854@basser.oz> frankng@basser.oz (Frank Ng) writes: >I was wondering if their was a similar INIT or other method for the >installation of FONTS/FONDS and DRVRs, so that the system folder does >not need to be changed everytime a new font or DA is required. > One thing you could do is place all the fonts and DAs in a file different from the System file, and write an INIT that opens this file at startup. Because of the way the Resource Manager works, the system would still be able to locate the resources. You can install things into such a file using Font/DA Mover, if you hold down the option key while clicking the open button. You wouldn't want to put each font or DA in its own file, because then you would have to open all the files at startup time. (This would take a lot of space for the resource maps.) The only thing to watch out for is ID conflicts, if you leave any DAs or fonts in the System file. The Font/DA Mover will resolve conflicts within a file, but not across files. -- Larry Rosenstein Object Specialist Apple Computer AppleLink: Rosenstein1 UUCP: {sun, voder, nsc, mtxinu, dual}!apple!lsr CSNET: lsr@Apple.CSNET