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- ApplicationMenu is a simple INIT that provides a menu of the current
- applications under MultiFinderâ„¢. There are 3 ways to activate the
- menu of applications:
-
- (1) click in the menu bar to the left of the Apple menu
- (2) click in the menu bar to the right of the little MultiFinder icon
- (3) hold down one or more modifier keys (command, option, etc.) and
- click anywhere in the menu bar (or anywhere on screen)
-
- For option (3), the set of modifier keys that activate the menu can
- be customized in the Control Panel. Simply click in the square with the
- appropriate keys help down. If you click with no modifiers held down,
- then option (3) will be disabled. This configuration is useful because
- some applications attach significance to Command-click in the menu bar,
- for example.
-
- Alternatively, you can hold down the desired modifiers and type any
- (non-modifier) key instead of clicking.
-
- You can also configure ApplicationMenu to popup the menu anywhere on
- the screen, when you click with the specified combination of modifier keys
- held down. (For example, I have my version configured to do this when
- Control and Command are held down.)
-
- One thing to watch out for is that HyperCard doesn't behave normally
- when you click while holding down Command & Option. This is true
- regardless of whether ApplicationMenu is installed or not. (While in
- HyperCard, try holding down Command and Option and clicking in the
- menu bar; notice that nothing happens.)
-
- Therefore, when running HyperCard you won't be able to activate the
- popup menu while holding down Command and Option, even if ApplicationMenu
- is configured with other modifiers as well. If you use HyperCard,
- therefore, you should configure ApplicationMenu with a set of modifier
- keys that doesn't include both Command and Option (e.g., Command and Shift).
-
- Another thing to realize is that if you turn on the feature of
- popping up the menu anywhere on the screen, then it will pop up in the
- Control Panel also. This can be annoying if you are trying to set
- the modifier keys and the menu pops up instead. You can either turn
- off the popup anywhere feature temporarily, or hit a key instead of
- clicking in the box.
-
- Finally, version 3.3 and up improves that way in which the options are
- maintained. If you need to replace the copy of ApplicationMenu
- on your system (right now, this applies mainly to beta testers),
- you should open the Control Panel and click on ApplicationMenu
- after copying the new version to your machine. This will copy your
- current configuration settings from RAM to the file itself saving them
- for the next time you boot. If you don't do this, then the settings will
- reset their defaults.
-
- You can freely distribute ApplicationMenu, but please include this
- documentation with it. I appreciate getting comments and bug reports.
- Send them to:
-
- Larry Rosenstein
- 182 Muir Ave
- Santa Clara, CA 95051
-
- or electronically:
-
- AppleLink: Rosenstein1
- UUCP: {sun, nsc}!apple!lsr
- CSNet: lsr@Apple.COM
-
-
- CHANGE HISTORY
-
- 1/88 Version 1
-
- 2/2/88 Version 2
-
- Adds Desk Accessories item
- Configurable in Control Panel
-
- 1/26/89 Version 3.3 (version 3.0 - 3.2 were distributed to some
- testers, but bugs were later found and I created this version to
- prevent confusion)
-
- * Fixes problem with Suitcase when ApplicationMenu loaded first.
- * You can activate them menu anywhere on the screen.
- * Now works within FullWrite Professional.
- * Fixed problem with showing the right icon on startup. Showing
- the icon is a configurable option. Also changed the icon
- to be more attractive.
- * Works with MultiFinder 6.1 (with Set Aside). Old versions would
- show a list of DAs rather than a list of applications.
- * The current application name is centered under mouse if possible.
- * Only modifies the file when the settings change rather than
- at boot time and when opened from the Control Panel. This
- means the ApplicationMenu file won't be backed up continually.
- * You can set the modifiers by hitting a key while holding the
- desired modifiers keys.
- * ApplicationMenu uses the latest ShowINIT code that supports
- color icons. I haven't included a color icon, but if
- anyone makes an interesting one, send it to me.
-
- 3/13/89 Version 3.4
-
- * Fixes a problem when ApplicationMenu is used at a time when
- no menus are in the menu bar. This occurs when you launch
- an application under MultiFinder but there isn't enough RAM
- for the application's desired size.
-
- 7/26/89 Version 3.5
-
- * Fixes problems with some INITs (ScrollLimit, perhaps others)
- where the menu would not appear at all.
- * Fixes problem when ApplicationMenu was used with heap scrambling
- turned on.