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- “READ ME” for DeIcon, version 1.0
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- Copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.
- January 26, 1992
- Font: Geneva 12
-
- This document must go wherever DeIcon goes. Please do not distribute
- DeIcon without this documentation. Please do not modify this document.
-
- IMPORTANT: MAKE SURE YOU READ THE INFORMATION REGARDING ALIASES
- ---------- FURTHER IN THIS DOCUMENT.
-
- REGISTERING DEICON AND THE 7.0 PLUS UTILITIES
- ============================================
- DeIcon is not free. Sites using this software in business MUST
- register it. Contact the author for site licensing information. If it is for
- personal use only, please send a few dollars. Or you can consider the
- following.
-
- 7.0 PLUS Utilities is a package of all (more than 25) System 7.0 utilities
- I have written. You can get the disk with all of them NOW (not wait until
- I decide to upload the next program) by sending $29.95 to me. This will
- register you for all the software, will get you a disk of the software, and
- an update to the PLUS Utilities when it rolls around. It’s a pretty good
- deal. You should register your software, anyway, so why not do it
- like this? And it’s a lot cheaper this way.
-
- See the documentation which should accompany this file for more information
- on the 7.0 PLUS Utilities. A registration form should also accompany this file.
- Please use it to register the software.
-
- USING DEICON
- =============
- • If you use DeIcon, please please please send me a note. My addresses
- (post and e-mail) are given below in “About the Author”. Also, read the
- information in the above section on registration.
-
- What Does DeIcon Do?
- --------------------
- • DeIcon, a drag-and-drop utility (Drop Box), hides the icons of selected
- files, folders or disks in the Finder, so that only the name is visible. That way,
- you can stack your files, drag-and-drop utilities, etc. without taking up a lot
- of room. It is especially useful for making a launchpad that consumes very
- little space on your desktop. It even works with aliases (with a bit of help).
-
- • Read further if you plan to use DeIcon with aliases.
-
- Using DeIcon
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- • Drag sets of files, folders, or disks into the application, “Drop Box-
- style”. DeIcon will scan folders and disks provided, and will
- modify (if preferences allow, of course), all files, directories, and disks,
- no matter what their depth. Drop Boxes require Apple Events, and thus
- System 7.0 or higher.
-
- • To get your icon back, just Get Info on a “Disappear’ed” file and click
- on the spot where the icon should be. A black square will indicate that
- you have selected it. Press backspace, and your old icon should reappear.
- Or you can use another Drop Rob-Box, Custom Killer. And you can use it
- on multiple items, just like this utility.
-
- • NOTE: DeIcon modifies the custom icons of files. If you drop
- in a file with a custom icon, the custom icon will be DELETED.
-
- • You will notice that icons are often not updated unless you have selected
- the Relaunch Finder preference. This is because of the way the Finder handles
- certain bits when updating its windows. The sure method of updating your
- icons is by selecting the Relaunch Finder preference. This simply quits and
- relaunches your Finder remotely.
-
- • Double-click on Custom Killer to modify the preferences and see the about
- box information.
-
- • Alerts are very annoying, especially in Drop Boxes. So there aren’t any. As
- a rule of thumb: if it doesn't work, there must have been an error.
-
- • To cancel processing, just type a command-period. Files already processed
- will remain modified.
-
- DeIcon and Aliases
- -----------------
- • Since the Finder resolves all aliases when you drop them into a Drop Box,
- DeIcon can only think that you dropped the target (not the alias)
- in to be modified. The way to overcome this problem is to put the aliases
- you wish to modify into their own directory and drag that folder into the
- Drop Box. If you don't want the folder to be modified, hold down the option
- key so you can modify the appropriate preferences. The rule with Drop Boxes
- is that if you drop in an alias, the target is modified. If an alias is inside
- a directory that is dropped in, the alias is 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 are fairly self-explanatory. You can choose to show an
- alert before modifying anything.The Relaunch Finder button lets you select
- whether the Finder should be quit and relaunched remotely to update icons
- which may not otherwise be fixed. By choosing to modify directories, you
- have decided that folders themselves can be modified. 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, the
- folders’ icons will remain visible, but the icons of all contained files
- (including those inside the second folder) will be hidden.
-
- • To show the Preferences dialog on-the-fly in Drop Box mode, hold down the
- option key while the program is launching.
-
- USING DROP BOXES
- =================
- Drop Boxes are applications (drag-and-drop utilities) which can take advantage
- of System 7.0’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. Any aliases dropped
- directly into a Drop Box (not inside a directory) are resolved by the Finder
- and thus their target (parent) is modified.
-
- 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 (e.g. CD ROMs, PD Disks, etc.) without prior
- written consent from the author. Any distribution MUST MUST MUST
- include this document, unmodified.
-
- DeIcon copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.