kiran@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle) (05/03/91)
>Greg@AppleLink.Apple.Com (Greg Marriott) writes: >>'fmnu' resources are another undocumented (i.e. unsupported) piece of Sys 7. >>It's pretty easy to "hack" out what to change to add command keys to Finder >>menus... but don't write a utility to do it and expect it to work in future >>versions of the system software. Any undocumented part of the >>system is subject to change without notice. tj@kona.cs.ucla.edu (Tom Johnson) writes: >So, can someonce explain why Apple is using a different menu resource format? >What new and exciting features do fmnu's have that the regular old >MENU resources don't have? Good question.... -- ...kiran __________kiran@copper.ucs.indiana.edu________(812) 331-1710 From the corrections column in a July Fresno, CA _Bee_: "An item in Thursday's [issue] about the Massachusetts budget crisis made reference to new taxes that will help put Massachusetts 'back in the African-American.' The item should have said 'back in the black.'"
breidenb@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Oliver Breidenbach) (05/03/91)
In article <kiran.673221932@copper>, kiran@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle) writes: |> |> >Greg@AppleLink.Apple.Com (Greg Marriott) writes: |> >>'fmnu' resources are another undocumented (i.e. unsupported) piece of Sys 7. |> >>It's pretty easy to "hack" out what to change to add command keys to Finder |> >>menus... but don't write a utility to do it and expect it to work in future |> >>versions of the system software. Any undocumented part of the |> >>system is subject to change without notice. |> |> tj@kona.cs.ucla.edu (Tom Johnson) writes: |> >So, can someonce explain why Apple is using a different menu resource format? |> >What new and exciting features do fmnu's have that the regular old |> >MENU resources don't have? |> |> Good question.... hey, I always thought those fmnu resources are made and required by MacApp. They provide additional functionality supplied by the MacApp libraries. Am I wrong? Oliver. --- Oliver Breidenbach, CSD, Technische Universitaet, Muenchen E-Mail: Oliver.Breidenbach@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.de
lsr@Apple.com (Larry Rosenstein) (05/03/91)
In article <1991May3.090059.6101@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>, breidenb@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Oliver Breidenbach) writes: > > hey, I always thought those fmnu resources are made and required by > MacApp. They provide additional functionality supplied by the MacApp libraries. No. MacApp 2.0 uses a cmnu resource which is like MENU except each item has a command number associated with it. There's a tool that converts these resources in to the associated MENU resources, and builds a table of the command numbers.