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Super Fumble Fingers version 2.0
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By Marc Matteo (original INIT by Brad Quick)
Way back when an INIT was released that would do some pretty funny stuff.
It was called Fumble Fingers and what it would do is wait until a series of
characters (a string) was typed at the keyboard and then replace them with its
own series of characters (another string).
Originally ResEdit was necessary to set the 'STR ' resources within the
INIT to the desired strings and then the INIT had to be placed in the system
folder.
But now there's Super Fumble Fingers! Super Fumble Fingers is an
application that automates the installation of the Fumble Fingers INIT. In
fact all the Fumble Fingers resources can now as an option be installed
directly into the system file (see below).
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How do I use it?
Try clicking on it, that works for me! Upon startup SFF looks for any
Fumble Fingers resources already installed in the system file and if it finds
them it will display the current strings in the main dialog box along with the
four command buttons: Install, Remove, Save INIT and Quit. If a problem is
detected SFF will go automatically to the remove sequence.
Hitting 'Install' will start the 'install' sequence. SFF will then prompt
you for the two words. 'Old string' is the word you want to be scanned for.
'New string' is the word you want to replace it. Then it'll install all the
pertinent resources (including the two strings) in the current system file.
That's all there is to it!
Hitting 'Remove' will start the 'remove' sequence. SFF will look in the
system file for it's resources and remove them. I go through great pains to
make sure it'll only nuke it's resources and not someone else's.
Hitting 'Install INIT' will create an INIT (startup document, system
extension, whatever) that can be manually installed in the system folder. As
with the install function you will be prompted for the two words (Old String
and New String). This feature is nice if you're a little paranoid about
changing system resources (which you should be).
Hitting 'Quit' will, of course, quit the program.
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Mother of mercy, you're tampering with the System file!!
Yes, I am. I do this for two reasons. One, because it makes Fumble
Fingers infinitely harder to detect by casual inspection and two, it gets
Fumble Fingers active before anything else so that such things as startup
Appleshare dialogs are susceptible to Fumble Fingers.
This is not a virus! It does not replicate! It will however send your
virus software into a tizzy fit. Save yourself a headache and turn your virus
software off BEFORE you try to install Fumble fingers. It is meant as a joke
and such should be treated as such. So don't spring it on uptight people that
might have a heart attack and die.
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Where to reach me (What, a bug!?!?):
Internet: marc@csufres.csufresno.edu (best)
GEnie: M.MATTEO (better)
CI$: 70511,3102 or (OK)
>internet:marc@csufres.csufresno.edu