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- IconWrap INIT (Version 1.2)
- ===========================
- Written by Ken McLeod
- Copyright ©1989, Blue Cloud Software; All Rights Reserved
-
- You may use and distribute IconWrap at no charge, but you may not
- sell it, or collect money for its distribution (normal disk duplication
- fees excepted). Anyone wishing to distribute IconWrap along with any
- commercial or shareware software package may do so only with the express
- written consent of the author.
-
- What, Why, & How
- ----------------
- If you have a large number of INITs that display their icons
- at startup, you may have noticed that the single row on the bottom
- of the screen fills up rather quickly, and icons "off the right edge"
- are not visible. IconWrap is an INIT that will "wrap" the icons
- around to begin a new row when the edge of the screen has been
- reached. To use IconWrap, simply place it in your System Folder.
- In order to be effective, IconWrap must run at some point BEFORE the
- first row of icons hits the right edge of the screen; if this is a
- problem, simply rename IconWrap so that its name is alphabetically
- superior to the last INIT in the first row.
-
- Be aware that some INITs do not use the "ShowINIT" standard
- (developed by Paul Mercer of Apple) for startup icon display. These
- INITs may place their icon in a different row than you expect them
- to, or at a fixed location on the screen. Unfortunately, there is little
- IconWrap can do (at least in this version) to recognize non-standard
- INITs. You may be able to achieve a satisfactory startup display by
- renaming these INITs so that they load before IconWrap, or else are
- the last to be loaded.
-
-
- Modification History
- --------------------
- written by Ken McLeod:
- thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com
-
- started 11/21/88; based on an idea by David Phillip Oster
- 1.0 11/24/88: got it working, but Moire and Backdrop crash.
- 1.01 11/27/88: fixed the problem by saving and restoring A5
- in main(); _InitGraf was trashing the real QD
- globals. (reported by John Lim)
- 1.1 3/3/89: rewrote IconWrap from scratch to fix bad interactions
- with HyperCard, etc. on a Macintosh II; changed file
- creator type to 'WRAP'
- 1.2 4/4/89: color icons are now offset to the correct row;
- added 'cicn' to IconWrap
-
-
- Comments, Suggestions, Etc.
- ---------------------------
- If you have bug reports or suggestions, I can be contacted via
- electronic mail at:
-
- {zardoz felix}!dhw68k!thecloud (UUCP)
- thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (InterNet)
- or
- The AppleBus BBS (818) 919-5459 (box #8, or send mail to sysop)
-
- Sorry, no high-priced CompuServe or AppleLink addresses (yet).
-