¥ Fixed a minor conflict with Virex. Previously, a certain combination of Virex settings caused OtherMenu to fail to put new volumes in the menu.
¥ Fixed a bug in which the volume name in a directory dialog failed to change if you used OtherMenu to switch to a folder on a different volume.
¥ Fixed a bug that prevented you from choosing a font whose name had more than 31 characters.
¥ Made it possible (not to say easy) to run OtherMenu externals using QuicKeys 3.0.
¥ Updated Paste Clips external to allow clips up to 1K.
¥ Patched for compatibility with ÒSimpleText Color MenuÓ.
New in 1.4
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¥ Settings are now stored in an OtherMenu Preferences file.
¥ Options to set the text style of menu items according to whether they are folders, aliases, or other files.
¥ Provided some Òfat patchesÓ so that OtherMenu will not slow down PowerMacs.
¥ New QuickAlias external, for creation of multiple aliases in one folder without use of directory dialogs.
¥ New QuickTrash external, for trashing multiple files or folders.
¥ New Quote external, for BBS quoting or hard-wrapping of text on the clipboard.
¥ File Info external now edits application memory sizes.
¥ Modified online documentation reader to save text styles when you click ÒSave as TeachTextÓ, since TeachText is being replaced by SimpleText, which uses styles.
¥ If a font other than the system font is being used in the menu, then the square root symbol (Ã) will be substituted for the checkmark in menus such as Speaker Volume.
¥ Improved compatibility with Alias Repair.
¥ Several externals (File Info, Make Alias As, Put Away, Volume Info) made smaller by calling back to OtherMenu for common tasks.
New in 1.3.1
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¥ Modified handling of Recent Items folder. When you use an folder alias in Recent Items to access a file nested inside that folder, it counts as a use, and thus makes the folder alias persist longer in Recent Items.
¥ Fixed a conflict between Find Pro III and the File Info external. Possibly other combinations of applications and externals could have had this problem. Symptom: The externalÕs window appears with wild colors, and later there is a bus error.
¥ Fixed minor conflicts with PopMail and OzTeX. Symptom: In certain directory dialogs, attempting to pull down the Other menu just caused a beep. (In this situation one was also unable to use the help menu, so it can be considered a bug in those applications.)
¥ Fixed a minor conflict with Anarchie. Symptom: One was unable to use OtherMenu to change the directory when Anarchie was showing a folder selection dialog.
¥ Fixed intermittent Ò-37Ó error messages reported to occur on a Mac Plus.
¥ Fixed a conflict with AppleÕs Installer. Symptom: During some installation processes, there was an extra disk insertion dialog, which got you into a situation where the Mac was asking for another floppy but there was already a floppy in the drive.
¥ Fixed minor conflict with SoundMaster. Symptom: A beep after closing the settings dialog.
¥ In Desktop Info, donÕt list invisible or ejected volumes.
¥ In File Info, fixed a crash if you tried to get info on a file that had just been deleted.
¥ In Move to Trash, corrected a problem that caused Super BoomerangÕs ÒShow InfoÓ line not to appear on the bottom of the dialog.
New in 1.3
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¥ New ÒRecent ItemsÓ folder. Notice also that you can select a folder with the option key down, to list the folder in ÒRecent ItemsÓ without actually opening the folder. This can be used as a workaround for the 5-level limit on hierarchical menus.
¥ Volume Watch has been eliminated as a separate program, with its function incorporated into OtherMenu.
¥ If you attempt to open an alias that has been disconnected from the original file, you will be given an opportunity to redefine or delete the alias.
¥ Many changes in the preferences dialog.
¥ New ÒClip InfoÓ external.
¥ New option to disable OtherMenu if At Ease is running but Finder is not running.
¥ Now invisible volumes will not be displayed by Volume Info or Put Away. This turns out to be a more appropriate way to handle the ÒMail EnclosuresÓ problem mentioned in the 1.2.7 changes.
¥ If you cancel a mounting dialog for a volume, OtherMenu will no longer report a Òerror -128, user cancelledÓ message.
¥ Corrections to handling of ejected diskettes in OtherMenu and several externals.
¥ The menu disappearance delay has been removed, because it was unclear that it actually did anything.
¥ Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the menu item for a removable disk to show the contents of some previously-mounted removable disk.
¥ ÒHard to Soft WrapÓ now provides a menu bar when showing its about box.
¥ ÒCopy FileÓ has a color progress bar.
¥ In ÒDate/TimeÓ, ÒDeleteÓ, ÒMemory MapÓ, ÒPaste ClipsÓ, and ÒVolume InfoÓ fixed a bug that could cause a lack of error message when there was a failure to save changed settings.
¥ In ÒFile InfoÓ, fixed a bug by which an i/o error could cause a crash.
¥ Obscure and cosmetic changes to some other externals.