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“READ ME” for Blindfold, version 1.0
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Copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.
January 12, 1992
Font: Geneva 12
This document must go wherever Blindfold goes. Please do not distribute
Blindfold without this documentation. Please do not modify this document.
INTRODUCTION
=============
This document contains information about Blindfold, a Drop Box by Robert
Gibson. Information specific to Blindfold itself is given in “Using
Blindfold”. Characteristics of Drop Boxes in general are discussed in the
“Using Drop Boxes” section. Finally, information about the author is
provided in the last section, “About the Author”.
USING BLINDFOLD
================
These sections are fairly detailed descriptions of how and why you may
use Blindfold. There are many ways to use, and purposes for, this program,
that I don’t discuss.
• If you use Blindfold, please please please send me a note. I love to
hear from users of my software. My addresses (post and e-mail) are
given below in “About the Author”.
What Does Blindfold Do?
----------------------
• Blindfold allows you to hide or show icons in the Finder. So you can
hide files you don’t want to see or don’t want seen. And they can be
easily shown again when you want them. It can also help you organize
your desktop by removing clutter from view.
Using Blindfold
--------------
• Blindfold can be used in two ways:
• You can double-click on the application icon to open the program, and
use the Open... menu item in the File menu to select files for
modification. You can also modify your preferences from this menu.
You could also drag sets of files, folders, or disks into the application,
“Drop Box-style”. Depending on the preferences you have set up (see the
next section), Blindfold will scan folders and disks provided, and will
modify ALL files and ALL of the directories provided, no matter what
their depth. The latter method requires Apple Events, and thus System
7.0 or higher. So if you don’t have at least System 7.0, you’ll have to
use the Open... menu item.
• When in Manual mode (using the Open... menu item), the file open dialog
will appear with several extra buttons. The Visible check box is checked
if the currently selected file or folder is visible in the Finder. You can
check or uncheck this button as desired. The other two check box
determine what files to display. Remember that folders are always
display (regardless of their Blindfold). The last two extra buttons,
All visible and All invisible, allow you to make all files in the current
directory either visible or invisible. Blindfold does not go any deeper
than the current directory when in Manual mode, so the contents of
a folder made invisible in Manual mode are not made invisible also.
• Double-clicking on files in Manual mode is the same as toggling the
Visible check box. Otherwise (double-clicking on folders or disks),
it performs the standard function.
• You can’t change the Blindfold of disks.
• If you make an alias invisible, the owner file will be hidden.
• If you hold down the shift key when launching the program (or, if you
hold down the option key to show the Preferences dialog, right after
you hit OK), you can toggle the Blindfold of the selected files. All
preferences other than the Blindfold setting will be considered. No
matter what that setting, visible files and folders will be made
invisible, and invisible files or folders will be made visible.
• To cancel processing, just type a command-period. Cancelling in the
middle of a file causes that file to be left unchanged. However, files
already processed will remain modified.
Preferences
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• The first time you try to modify a file using the program, the
preferences dialog will come up, just to make sure the correct
parameters have been set up. You can modify these if you wish. If
you don't want to see that window again, just say OK. You will have to
explicitly ask for for the Preferences window the next time you wish
to change anything. The preferences apply ONLY to Drop Box mode. They
are not consulted when in Manual mode.
• To show the Preferences dialog in Drop Box mode, hold down the option
key while the program is launching.
• The preferences are fairly self-explanatory. You can choose to show or
hide files and folders. By choosing to modify directories, you have
decided that folders themselves can be made visible or invisible. You
can modify files and folders inside those folders which you have dropped
in by checking the Modify contents box. For example, if you drop in a folder
containing three files and another folder, and have Modify contents on but
Modify directories off, and are turning the files invisible, you will still
be able to see the folders in the Finder (as long as you could see them
before), but the all contained files (including those inside the second
folder) will have disappeared.
USING DROP BOXES
=================
Drop Boxes are applications which can take advantage of System 7’s Apple
Events. To use them, just drag a file over the application icon just as you
would drag a file over a folder to move it into that directory. The Drop
Box is then opened and processing is done. The program then quits. You can
also throw in whole directories and disks. You don’t have to throw in just
one, either. Select a whole bunch of files, directories, or disks, or any
combination of the three, and dump them in. The Drop Box will scan for
files of the required type and modify them accordingly. All files in all
directories within those dropped in will be modified.
You can also open the program by double-clicking and modify files from
inside the program, or you can open the program manually and then throw
files in. The program will not quit this time.
At least, that is how Rob•Drop Boxes work.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
==================
If you use this program, have any comments or suggestions, or ideas for
other programs, please write me a note, e-mail or post.
Robert Gibson E-Mail:
RR#1 Carrying Place CIS: 71261,2236
Ontario, CANADA Internet: 71261.2236@compuserve.com
KØK 1LØ
This program is not to be included in any software collections other than
BBSs and on-line services (eg. CD ROMs, PD Disks, etc.) without prior
written consent from the author. Any distribution MUST MUST MUST
include this document, unmodified.
Blindfold copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.