long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) (05/29/91)
After the Startup Items run, the last thing run is frontmost. Is there some way to have the Finder automatically end up frontmost? Thanks, Richard C. Long | long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com | Selfware: If you like --------------- | ...!decwrl!mcntsh.enet.dec.com!long | this program, send A First Edition | long%mcntsh.dec@decwrl.enet.dec.com | yourself five bucks!
denbeste@bgsuvax.UUCP (William C. DenBesten) (05/29/91)
From article <5000@ryn.mro4.dec.com>, by long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long): > > After the Startup Items run, the last thing run is frontmost. Is there some > way to have the Finder automatically end up frontmost? Create an alias for your hard drive and put it in the startup items folder. Rename it so that it is alphabetically last. The last thing that is done will be to switch to the finder and open (or bring frontmost) your hard drive. -- William C. DenBesten is denbeste@bgsu.edu or denbesten@bgsuopie.bitnet
peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) (05/30/91)
In article <5000@ryn.mro4.dec.com>, long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes: > > After the Startup Items run, the last thing run is frontmost. Is there some > way to have the Finder automatically end up frontmost? I wrote a simple little App that does this. It uses the process manager to bring the Finder forward. Of course it must be last item run in the startup folder. If anyone wants it, I could clean it up and send it out. -- michael -- Michael Peirce -- outpost!peirce@claris.com -- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place -- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 -- & Consulting -- (408) 244-6554, AppleLink: PEIRCE
jyp@wucs1.wustl.edu (Jerome Yvon Plun) (05/30/91)
In article <0B01FFFB.gszmd2@outpost.UUCP> peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes: > >In article <5000@ryn.mro4.dec.com>, long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes: >> >> After the Startup Items run, the last thing run is frontmost. Is there some >> way to have the Finder automatically end up frontmost? > >I wrote a simple little App that does this. It uses the process manager >to bring the Finder forward. Of course it must be last item run in >the startup folder. > >If anyone wants it, I could clean it up and send it out. > >-- michael > >-- Michael Peirce -- outpost!peirce@claris.com >-- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place >-- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 >-- & Consulting -- (408) 244-6554, AppleLink: PEIRCE Yes, we are interested. (Sorry for the use of the News but I tried to use Email and it bounced.) Jerome Plun Jerome Plun [] Is it a crime to want something else? jyp@wucs1.wustl.edu [] Is it a crime to believe in something different? Washington University [] St Louis, MO [] "Smalltown England", New Model Army, Vengeance
dweisman@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Ordinary Man) (05/31/91)
In article <1991May30.141007.9682@cec1.wustl.edu>, jyp@wucs1.wustl.edu (Jerome Yvon Plun) writes: > In article <0B01FFFB.gszmd2@outpost.UUCP> peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes: >> >>In article <5000@ryn.mro4.dec.com>, long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes: >>> >>> After the Startup Items run, the last thing run is frontmost. Is there some >>> way to have the Finder automatically end up frontmost? >> >>I wrote a simple little App that does this. It uses the process manager >>to bring the Finder forward. Of course it must be last item run in >>the startup folder. >> >>If anyone wants it, I could clean it up and send it out. >> >>-- michael >> >>-- Michael Peirce -- outpost!peirce@claris.com >>-- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place >>-- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 >>-- & Consulting -- (408) 244-6554, AppleLink: PEIRCE > > Yes, we are interested. > > (Sorry for the use of the News but I tried to use Email and it bounced.) > > Jerome Plun > > Jerome Plun [] Is it a crime to want something else? > jyp@wucs1.wustl.edu [] Is it a crime to believe in something different? > Washington University [] > St Louis, MO [] "Smalltown England", New Model Army, Vengeance There's a real cheap way to get the finder to the front without any inits or other apps running. Just put an alias to your hard drive in the startup items folder and put a ~ (tilde) in front of it's name (to make it start last). It'll go back to the finder and open your HD to boot. If you don't like it opening your HD automatically, just make a fake (empty) sound and put its alias last in the startup items folder. No fuss, no muss, just basic Finder stuff. Any takers? Dan /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Dan Weisman - University of Miami - Florida | || || || || | |--------------------------------------------------| || || ||\ /|| | | INTERNET -----> dweisman@umiami.IR.Miami.edu | || || || | || | | BITNET -----> dweisman@umiami | ||||||| || | || | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | "...the fact is- this friction will only be worn by persistance." -RUSH | \_________________________________________________________________________/
peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) (05/31/91)
In article <1991May30.141007.9682@cec1.wustl.edu>, jyp@wucs1.wustl.edu (Jerome Yvon Plun) writes: > In article <0B01FFFB.gszmd2@outpost.UUCP> peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes: > > > >In article <5000@ryn.mro4.dec.com>, long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes: > >> > >> After the Startup Items run, the last thing run is frontmost. Is there some > >> way to have the Finder automatically end up frontmost? > > > >I wrote a simple little App that does this. It uses the process manager > >to bring the Finder forward. Of course it must be last item run in > >the startup folder. > > > >If anyone wants it, I could clean it up and send it out. > > > >-- michael > > > >-- Michael Peirce -- outpost!peirce@claris.com > >-- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place > >-- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 > >-- & Consulting -- (408) 244-6554, AppleLink: PEIRCE > > Yes, we are interested. OK, I'll post it to comp.sys.mac.binaries in a week or so after I've cleaned it up. -- michael -- Michael Peirce -- outpost!peirce@claris.com -- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place -- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 -- & Consulting -- (408) 244-6554, AppleLink: PEIRCE
peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) (05/31/91)
In article <1991May30.142809.10293@umiami.ir.miami.edu>, dweisman@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Ordinary Man) writes: > > There's a real cheap way to get the finder to the front without any > inits or other apps running. Just put an alias to your hard drive in the > startup items folder and put a ~ (tilde) in front of it's name (to make it > start last). It'll go back to the finder and open your HD to boot. If you don't > like it opening your HD automatically, just make a fake (empty) sound and put > its alias last in the startup items folder. No fuss, no muss, just basic Finder > stuff. Any takers? Sounds like a better way than a special app. So maybe I won't post my little hack (harumph, my first System 7 specific App is worthless :-) -- michael -- Michael Peirce -- outpost!peirce@claris.com -- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place -- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 -- & Consulting -- (408) 244-6554, AppleLink: PEIRCE
mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb) (06/02/91)
In article <0B01FFFB.gszmd2@outpost.UUCP> peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes: > >In article <5000@ryn.mro4.dec.com>, long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes: >> >> After the Startup Items run, the last thing run is frontmost. Is there some >> way to have the Finder automatically end up frontmost? > >I wrote a simple little App that does this. It uses the process manager >to bring the Finder forward. Of course it must be last item run in >the startup folder. > >If anyone wants it, I could clean it up and send it out. > >-- michael Yes, Michael. Please do post it. I think a number of people would be very happy to have it! --Mike
pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) (06/04/91)
In article <0B01FFFB.gwbpcl@outpost.UUCP> peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes: > >In article <1991May30.142809.10293@umiami.ir.miami.edu>, dweisman@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Ordinary Man) writes: >> There's a real cheap way to get the finder to the front without any >> inits or other apps running. Just put an alias to your hard drive in the > >Sounds like a better way than a special app. So maybe I won't post >my little hack (harumph, my first System 7 specific App is worthless :-) >-- michael Note that the new version AppDisk (1.1) has this as an option. It does indeed force the Finder to the front after it's done doing what is does :-) And Michael, why don't you release your hack anyway? We can ALWAYS use more neato utilities for 7.0! -- | Paul E. Jacoby, 3M Company, 3M Center, 235-3F-27 | | Maplewood, MN 55144-1000 .-----------------------------------| | => pejacoby@3m.com | I am _not_ the editor of | | (612) 737-3211 | the Radio Times. |
jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) (06/05/91)
In article <1991Jun4.155851.23146@mmm.serc.3m.com> pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) writes: >In article <0B01FFFB.gwbpcl@outpost.UUCP> peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes: >> >>In article <1991May30.142809.10293@umiami.ir.miami.edu>, dweisman@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Ordinary Man) writes: >>> There's a real cheap way to get the finder to the front without any >>> inits or other apps running. Just put an alias to your hard drive in the >> >>Sounds like a better way than a special app. So maybe I won't post >>my little hack (harumph, my first System 7 specific App is worthless :-) >>-- michael Right. >And Michael, why don't you release your hack anyway? We can ALWAYS use >more neato utilities for 7.0! >-- Why in hell would you want to promote the spread of hacks into the system when you can already do what the hack does? Just spreads possible incompatibilities. jas -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey A. Sullivan | Senior Systems Programmer jas@venera.isi.edu | Information Sciences Institute jas@isi.edu | University of Southern California
mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb) (06/05/91)
In article <18154@venera.isi.edu> jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes: >In article <1991Jun4.155851.23146@mmm.serc.3m.com> pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) writes: > >>In article <0B01FFFB.gwbpcl@outpost.UUCP> peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes: >>> >>>In article <1991May30.142809.10293@umiami.ir.miami.edu>, dweisman@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Ordinary Man) writes: >>>> There's a real cheap way to get the finder to the front without any >>>> inits or other apps running. Just put an alias to your hard drive in the >>> >>>Sounds like a better way than a special app. So maybe I won't post >>>my little hack (harumph, my first System 7 specific App is worthless :-) >>>-- michael > >Right. Wrong!! What if I don't WANT my hard disk window open at every boot? I don't, you know. I DO, however, want the Finder frontmost, so that I can have a consistent starting place for each day's Mac-ing. If I can have a little app that runs at startup and puts the Finder in the front, that's just what I want. > >>And Michael, why don't you release your hack anyway? We can ALWAYS use >>more neato utilities for 7.0! >>-- > >Why in hell would you want to promote the spread of hacks into the >system when you can already do what the hack does? Just spreads >possible incompatibilities. Oh, come on! Give it a rest, eh? Sure, you can already do what the hack does. How about if you can't do it as easily? That's what most of these inits do -- make it EASIER to do things, like open applications, find documents, etc. Please, Michael, release your hack. If I want to use it, I will. If I don't, I won't. (I will, though.... :-)) --Mike
jyp@wucs1.wustl.edu (Jerome Yvon Plun) (06/05/91)
In article <18154@venera.isi.edu> jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes: >In article <1991Jun4.155851.23146@mmm.serc.3m.com> pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) writes: > >>In article <0B01FFFB.gwbpcl@outpost.UUCP> peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes: >>> >>>In article <1991May30.142809.10293@umiami.ir.miami.edu>, dweisman@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Ordinary Man) writes: >>>> There's a real cheap way to get the finder to the front without any >>>> inits or other apps running. Just put an alias to your hard drive in the >>> >>>Sounds like a better way than a special app. So maybe I won't post >>>my little hack (harumph, my first System 7 specific App is worthless :-) >>>-- michael > >Right. > >>And Michael, why don't you release your hack anyway? We can ALWAYS use >>more neato utilities for 7.0! >>-- > >Why in hell would you want to promote the spread of hacks into the >system when you can already do what the hack does? Just spreads >possible incompatibilities. > >jas Don't be confused by the term 'hack'. We were talking about an _APPLICATION_ that would do the trick (namely bring back the Finder to the front after all the other start-up items), not some extension or fiddling in the Finder with ResEdit. I am really interested in getting this little application because it's the cleanest way of bringing the Finder to the front. I don't want to have my hard drive root window opened every time I boot my machine. Back to the hacking business, using applications instead of any other trick is the best way to add some features to the system (cf Applicon, DarkSide instead of Pyro or AfterDark, Alarm Clock instead of SuperClock...). Not only can an application be checked more easily than some trap patching extension but you can quit any application while you have to reboot to turn off an extension (at least most of them). Jerome Jerome Plun [] Is it a crime to want something else? jyp@wucs1.wustl.edu [] Is it a crime to believe in something different? Washington University [] St Louis, MO [] "Smalltown England", New Model Army, Vengeance
pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) (06/05/91)
In article <18154@venera.isi.edu> jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes: [how to get the Finder to the front EASILY described] > >>And Michael, why don't you release your hack anyway? We can ALWAYS use >>more neato utilities for 7.0! >>-- > >Why in hell would you want to promote the spread of hacks into the >system when you can already do what the hack does? Just spreads >possible incompatibilities. Oh Jeff, don't be so serious! You are talking to someone who ran between 25 and 30 INITs at all times under 6.0.5, and had few (if any) crashes attributed to those INITs. Under 7.0, I run 10 or more on a daily basis, and again have NO problems. I expect to add more once DiskExpress II 2.0.7 and a few others arrive. 'As for me, I will choose free hacks...uh...free will, ya, free WILL!' -- | Paul E. Jacoby, 3M Company, 3M Center, 235-3F-27 | | Maplewood, MN 55144-1000 .-----------------------------------| | => pejacoby@3m.com | I am _not_ the editor of | | (612) 737-3211 | the Radio Times. |
ching@brahms.amd.com (Mike Ching) (06/06/91)
In article <1991Jun4.155851.23146@mmm.serc.3m.com> pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) writes: >In article <0B01FFFB.gwbpcl@outpost.UUCP> peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes: >> >>In article <1991May30.142809.10293@umiami.ir.miami.edu>, dweisman@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Ordinary Man) writes: >>> There's a real cheap way to get the finder to the front without any >>> inits or other apps running. Just put an alias to your hard drive in the >> >>Sounds like a better way than a special app. So maybe I won't post >>my little hack (harumph, my first System 7 specific App is worthless :-) > >Note that the new version AppDisk (1.1) has this as an option. It does >indeed force the Finder to the front after it's done doing what is does >:-) > >And Michael, why don't you release your hack anyway? We can ALWAYS use >more neato utilities for 7.0! Ditto. I couldn't get the hard-disk-alias-in-the-startup-folder trick to work. Mike Ching
peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) (06/06/91)
In article <18154@venera.isi.edu>, jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes: > In article <1991Jun4.155851.23146@mmm.serc.3m.com> pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) writes: > > >In article <0B01FFFB.gwbpcl@outpost.UUCP> peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes: > >> > >>In article <1991May30.142809.10293@umiami.ir.miami.edu>, dweisman@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Ordinary Man) writes: > >>> There's a real cheap way to get the finder to the front without any > >>> inits or other apps running. Just put an alias to your hard drive in the > >> > >>Sounds like a better way than a special app. So maybe I won't post > >>my little hack (harumph, my first System 7 specific App is worthless :-) > >>-- michael > > Right. > > >And Michael, why don't you release your hack anyway? We can ALWAYS use > >more neato utilities for 7.0! > >-- > > Why in hell would you want to promote the spread of hacks into the > system when you can already do what the hack does? Just spreads > possible incompatibilities. Who's talking about spreading possible incompatibilies to the system? The process manager is fully documented in Inside Macintosh Volume VI. Everything you need to know to write this "hack" is there. No trap patching or other "bad things". I was using the term HACK to mean a quick and elegant little program that gets the job done. This is the good connotation of this word, not the bad. Sort of like describing myself as a hacker. I don't mean I break into systems and steal national security secrets, but rather I enjoy playing around with the system and exploring its secrets - helping me do a better job for my clients and myself. -- michael P.S. Here's the WHOLE program that does this, simply compile in into an Application (or an MPW tool, that works too for easy testing). It works as is, but it doesn't have any UI and this might confuse people who run across it not knowing what it's for. If someone wants to run with this, please give some sort of UI. Thanks. PROGRAM FinderFirst; USES Processes; FUNCTION GetFinderSerial : ProcessSerialNumber; VAR process : ProcessSerialNumber; infoRec : ProcessInfoRec; BEGIN {GetFinderSerial} WITH process DO BEGIN highLongOfPSN := 0; lowLongOfPSN := kNoProcess; END; WITH infoRec DO BEGIN processInfoLength := SIZEOF(ProcessInfoRec); processName := NIL; processAppSpec := NIL; END; WHILE (GetNextProcess(process) = noErr) DO BEGIN IF GetProcessInformation(process,infoRec) = noErr THEN BEGIN IF (infoRec.processType = LONGINT('FNDR')) AND (infoRec.processSignature = 'MACS') THEN BEGIN GetFinderSerial := process; Exit(GetFinderSerial); END; END; END; END; {GetFinderSerial} BEGIN {MAIN} IF SetFrontProcess(GetFinderSerial) <> noErr THEN BEGIN SysBeep(5); END; END. {MAIN} -- Michael Peirce -- outpost!peirce@claris.com -- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place -- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 -- & Consulting -- (408) 244-6554, AppleLink: PEIRCE
dweisman@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Ordinary Man) (06/06/91)
In article <1991Jun5.175045.10002@amd.com>, ching@brahms.amd.com (Mike Ching) writes: > In article <1991Jun4.155851.23146@mmm.serc.3m.com> pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) writes: >>And Michael, why don't you release your hack anyway? We can ALWAYS use >>more neato utilities for 7.0! > > > Ditto. I couldn't get the hard-disk-alias-in-the-startup-folder trick to > work. That's because you have to make sure that you name the alias with a ~ in front of its name as in: ~Hard Disk That way it gets "Started up" last. That comment got axed by the recent followups. Dan /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Dan Weisman - University of Miami - Florida | || || || || | |--------------------------------------------------| || || ||\ /|| | | INTERNET -----> dweisman@umiami.IR.Miami.edu | || || || | || | | BITNET -----> dweisman@umiami | ||||||| || | || | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | "...the fact is- this friction will only be worn by persistance." -RUSH | \_________________________________________________________________________/
alexr@apple.com (Alexander M. Rosenberg) (06/06/91)
In article <0B01FFFB.hfj14n@outpost.UUCP>, peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes: > > PROGRAM FinderFirst; > > USES > Processes; > > FUNCTION GetFinderSerial : ProcessSerialNumber; > VAR > process : ProcessSerialNumber; > infoRec : ProcessInfoRec; > BEGIN {GetFinderSerial} > > WITH process DO BEGIN > highLongOfPSN := 0; > lowLongOfPSN := kNoProcess; > END; > This is interesting. Most Process Manager manipulation code I've seen sets both longs to kNoProcess (which happens to be 0 anyway). > WITH infoRec DO BEGIN > processInfoLength := SIZEOF(ProcessInfoRec); > processName := NIL; > processAppSpec := NIL; > END; > > WHILE (GetNextProcess(process) = noErr) DO BEGIN > IF GetProcessInformation(process,infoRec) = noErr > THEN BEGIN > IF (infoRec.processType = LONGINT('FNDR')) AND > (infoRec.processSignature = 'MACS') > THEN BEGIN > GetFinderSerial := process; > Exit(GetFinderSerial); > END; > END; > END; > You can also safely compare against the name being "Finder". It doesn't get localized. Too many things alreayd depend on the name "Finder" so localizing it was given up on. > END; {GetFinderSerial} > > BEGIN {MAIN} > > IF SetFrontProcess(GetFinderSerial) <> noErr > THEN BEGIN > SysBeep(5); > END; > > END. {MAIN} > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Alexander M. Rosenberg - INTERNET: alexr@apple.com - Yoyodyne - - 330 1/2 Waverley St. - UUCP:ucbvax!apple!alexr - Propulsion - - Palo Alto, CA 94301 - - Systems - - (415) 329-8463 - Nobody is my employer so - :-) - - (408) 974-3110 - nobody cares what I say. - -
oleary@ux.acs.umn.edu (Doc O'Leary) (06/07/91)
In article <1991Jun5.224338.10423@umiami.ir.miami.edu> dweisman@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Ordinary Man) writes: >In article <1991Jun5.175045.10002@amd.com>, ching@brahms.amd.com (Mike Ching) writes: >> >> Ditto. I couldn't get the hard-disk-alias-in-the-startup-folder trick to >> work. > >That's because you have to make sure that you name the alias with a ~ in front >of its name as in: ~Hard Disk > >That way it gets "Started up" last. That comment got axed by the recent >followups. Not so. Some of the applications I have opening at startup are quite happy to give up a few ticks as they open (My comm program loves the background). The Finder, of course, is more than happy to use those ticks to open other things. When the backgrounded applications want to finish opening, they come back to the foreground and take some more ticks. Thus, even though my HD alias is last to be opened, it does not bring the Finder to the front. --------- Doc ********************** Signature Block : Version 2.6 ********************* * | * * "Was it love, or was it the idea | It's hard to look cool with your * * of being in love?" -- PF | arm Super-Glued to your forehead * * (BTW, which one *is* Pink?) | * * | --->oleary@ux.acs.umn.edu<--- * ****************** Copyright (c) 1991 by Doc O'Leary ********************
ching@brahms.amd.com (Mike Ching) (06/07/91)
In article <4072@ux.acs.umn.edu> oleary@ux.acs.umn.edu (Doc O'Leary) writes: >In article <1991Jun5.224338.10423@umiami.ir.miami.edu> dweisman@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Ordinary Man) writes: > >>In article <1991Jun5.175045.10002@amd.com>, ching@brahms.amd.com (Mike Ching) writes: >>> >>> Ditto. I couldn't get the hard-disk-alias-in-the-startup-folder trick to >>> work. >> >>That's because you have to make sure that you name the alias with a ~ in front >>of its name as in: ~Hard Disk >> >>That way it gets "Started up" last. That comment got axed by the recent >>followups. > >Not so. Some of the applications I have opening at startup are quite happy >to give up a few ticks as they open (My comm program loves the background). >The Finder, of course, is more than happy to use those ticks to open other >things. When the backgrounded applications want to finish opening, they come >back to the foreground and take some more ticks. Thus, even though my HD >alias is last to be opened, it does not bring the Finder to the front. > This sounds like an explanation. I renamed my hard disk to open last but one of my startup applications is the alarm clock DA. I usually leave my hard disk window open so opening on startup wasn't visible. Mike Ching
peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) (06/08/91)
In article <1991Jun5.055951.10649@news.media.mit.edu>, mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb) writes: > > Please, Michael, release your hack. If I want to use it, I will. If I don't, > I won't. (I will, though.... :-)) OK, why not. I have a "cleaned up" version of ~FinderToFront that I will be sending out to comp.sys.mac.binaries & sumex (& America Online) shortly. Cleaned up means it has an OK icon, Get Info information (a vers resource), and an about box that gets shown if you run the program 3 minutes or more after you boot your Mac. Also check out the Ballon Help for it in the finder :-) I'm placing it into the Public Domain. Source code is available on request. I'll send the source to sumex & AOL, but not to comp.sys.mac.binaries to save net bandwidth. If you don't have access to these places, just ask me for it. -- michael peirce (wasting time on free software) -- Michael Peirce -- outpost!peirce@claris.com -- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place -- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 -- & Consulting -- (408) 244-6554, AppleLink: PEIRCE
jblue@mwunix.mitre.org (Jason D. Blue) (06/10/91)
peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes: [deleted] >OK, why not. I have a "cleaned up" version of ~FinderToFront that I will be >sending out to comp.sys.mac.binaries & sumex (& America Online) shortly. [deleted] Now, can someone re-write it or write an init/appl/whatever that enables you to hide (as in the Hide XXXX under the application menu) selected startup applications? Alternitevly, how about "Hide Others" once you are in the finder? Jason The MITRE Corporation jblue@mwunix.mitre.org
peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) (06/11/91)
In article <jblue.676559093@mwunix.mitre.org>, jblue@mwunix.mitre.org (Jason D. Blue) writes: > peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes: > > > [deleted] > >OK, why not. I have a "cleaned up" version of ~FinderToFront that I will be > >sending out to comp.sys.mac.binaries & sumex (& America Online) shortly. > [deleted] > > Now, can someone re-write it or write an init/appl/whatever that enables you to > hide (as in the Hide XXXX under the application menu) selected startup > applications? Alternitevly, how about "Hide Others" once you are in the > finder? I've released the source code for FinderToFront into the public domain. So anyone is welcome to add some features to it. It's currently up on America Online and I'll send it to anyone who wants it. It's really a small little program written in MPW Pascal with little if any user interface. I know of one person who's trying to figure out how to hide applications. He hasn't figured this out yet, but he's still digging. I'll pass this trick along if he figures it out and will tell me. Personally, I don't want to hide others, since the one startup app I use is a clock :-) So someone more motivated than me will have to do it. -- Michael Peirce -- outpost!peirce@claris.com -- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place -- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 -- & Consulting -- (408) 244-6554, AppleLink: PEIRCE
Juha.Hyvonen@hut.fi (Juha Hyv|nen) (06/11/91)
In article <0B01FFFB.hlns1b@outpost.UUCP> peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes: +------------------------ ! OK, why not. I have a "cleaned up" version of ~FinderToFront that I ! will be sending out to comp.sys.mac.binaries & sumex (& America ! Online) shortly. !........................ Has anybody noticed that while the items in Startup Items _run_ in alphabetical order they do not necessarily _load_ (into memory) in the same order? In my case, ~FinderToFront launches (loads) before Darkside but I end up into Finder (so it runs last). And I end up with a 30K "hole" in memory (largest available block is 30K smaller than without ~FinderToFront, which requires 30K of memory). / (.__o /_/ __/ .. ! / ! Juha.Hyvonen@hut.fi (juh@cs.hut.fi) !/ ) ! ------