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- About Commander:
-
-
- Commander is a utility which allows you to assign or change the
- command key settings of almost any menu on your Macintosh. The settings
- are saved to disk so they don't need to be re-programmed each time the
- application is launched.
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- Installation:
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- Commander is an INIT file and to install it you copy the file to your
- System Folder and re-boot your Macintosh.
-
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- Using Commander:
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- Commander sits quietly in the background until you invoke it. To invoke
- Commander hold down the Command key (propeller/cloverleaf/whatever) and pull
- down a menu. The cursor will change to the Command key symbol. Now select
- any menu item and release the mouse button. Commander will present you with
- a dialog containing an image of the menu that you selected the item from. The
- item you selected will be hilited.
-
- To change the command key setting for the hilited item you must hold down
- the command key and type the new setting. The new setting will appear in the
- menu's image in the dialog box. To remove a command key from the hilited item,
- press the delete key. If for any reason Commander is unable to change the command
- key setting for the hilited item you will hear a beep and the item will be unchanged.
- If you hear a beep but the item DOES change, it means that Commander was able to
- change the setting but could not save it to disk (meaning that it isn't permanent).
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- You may also change other items in the same menu without starting over. Use
- the mouse to change the hilited item or use the up and down arrow keys.
-
- Once you are satisfied, click the OK button or press return. You
- may also click Cancel or type command-period if you decide that you don't want
- the changes made to the menu.
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- Caveats
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- Commander will not work with all menus in all applications. Specifically,
- Microsoft Word menus can not be changed at all. The Apple (desk accessory) menu
- will not work either although the "About..." item in the Apple menu can usually
- be changed. Most "Window" menus (menus which display a dynamic list of the
- currently open windows) can not be changed as well.
-
- Although Commander tries to determine if it can work properly with a given
- menu it doesn't always decide correctly. Specifically, beware of menus containing
- items that appear and/or disappear (items that are stationary but whose text changes
- aren't usually a problem).
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- Aside from those cases almost any menu can be easily reprogrammed using
- Commander. Happy editing!
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-
- John Stephen
- August 16, 1990
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