These are very important...please read them all the way through!
AUTHOR INFO:
My e-mail address is:
daniels@netcom.com (checked pretty much daily)
-or-
D.SEGEL (on GEnie, checked every now and then)
GENERAL INFO:
This is version 1.0.1, very nearly the first release. There were a few minor problems with v1.0: it required that you reboot your Mac before changes made in the settings would take effect, and if your Mac doesn't support PowerClick all kinds of strange things could happen when you tried to open it. I think this has all been fixed in v1.0.1.
This was a quick, throw-it-together piece of software designed to get the job done and not much else. If there any bugs, they are probably in the Control Panel half of PowerClick, since that is where most of the code is. I don't change my settings very often, so there may be problems I haven't found yet.
PowerClick works by utilizing the Cursor Device Manager from Apple. According to Apple, only Macs sold since February 1993 have the Cursor Device Manager built-in. My Powerbook Duo (purchased June 1993) seems to have it installed. Maybe System 7.1 adds the CDM to *any* Powerbook. I don't know. To see if it works, just plop it on your System folder, let it go wherever the System wants it to go, and reboot. If it can't find the Cursor Device Manager, it will post an alert to that effect. If you don't see any errors, it probably loaded just fine. Go ahead and use it. I have a Duo 230, and that is the only Macintosh model that PowerClick has been tested on...
...but PowerClick doesn't patch anything (although it does add something to the Sleep Queue). It should be quite safe and compatible, as it only uses Apple-defined functions. If enough people (>20) ask me to, I'll fix it up and release it again with a prettier interface, and maybe some new features.
Here are some things to know about PowerClick:
0. The settings take effect *immediately* upon clicking a radio button. Keep this in mind when you select "Click lock" or "Nothing".
1. Click lock means the first click makes the trackball button go down, and the second click (of the same button) makes it go back up. This is not how most click-lock-menu-drop utilities (like StickyClick) work. You cannot release the click by clicking the other button. Also, it works anywhere - not just in menus. You can drag stuff around in the Finder or any other application if you want to.
2. If you set either button to "Nothing", the other one will be set to "Single click". This is a safety feature. You can, however, reset the "Single click" button to something else afterwards.
3. The "Nothing" setting means the button is ignored.
4. If you are holding either button down when booting, PowerClick won't load (and will display it's icon with an "X" through it).
5. PowerClick is freeware. If you like it, send me a postcard or whatever at:
Daniel A.Segel
687 Roble Ave. #5
Menlo Park, CA 94025
VERSION HISTORY:
1.0.1 - 08/24/93 (whoops)
Fixed a bug due to my mis-understanding of how the Gestalt function was returning values indicating whether or not PowerClick had loaded at startup. This had two effects: changes didn't take effect until you rebooted, and if your Mac didn't support PowerClick it made it crash when you opened it or clicked on things in the Control Panel.
I also added some color icons, fixed some cosmetic problems, and made the notification system work on 68040 Macs.
