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- “READ ME” for Wait!, version 1.0
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- Copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.
- January 19, 1992
- Font: Geneva 12
-
- This document must go wherever Wait! goes. Please do not distribute
- Wait! without this documentation. Please do not modify this document.
-
- INTRODUCTION
- =============
- This document contains information about Wait!, a Control Panel by
- Robert Gibson. Information specific to Wait! is given in “Using Wait!”.
- Information about the author is provided in the last section, “About the
- Author”.
-
- REGISTERING WAIT! AND THE 7.0 PLUS UTILITIES
- ===========================================
- Wait! is not free. Sites using this software in business MUST register
- it. Contact the author for site licensing information. If it is for personal
- use only, please send a few dollars.
-
- 7.0 PLUS Utilities is a package of all System 7.0 utilities I have written.
- You can get the disk with all of them NOW (not wait until I decide to
- upload the next program) by sending $29.95 to me. This will register
- you for all the software, will get you a disk of the software, and an
- update to the PLUS Utilities when it rolls around. It’s a pretty good
- deal. You should register your software, anyway, so why not do it
- like this? And it’s a lot cheaper this way.
-
- See the documentation which should be accompanying this file for
- more information on the 7.0 PLUS Utilities. A registration form should
- also accompany this file. Please use it to register the software.
-
- USING WAIT!
- ===========
- These sections are fairly detailed descriptions of how and why you may
- use Wait!. It does not necessarily describe the only ways you can use
- the program.
-
- • If you use Wait!, please please please send me a note (and a few bucks
- to keep my Compuserve account alive). My addresses (post and e-mail)
- are given below in “About the Author”.
-
- What Does Wait! Do?
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- • Wait! provides you with a means of changing the Finder’s rename delay
- through a Control Panel, and without having to restart your machine.
-
- • The rename delay is the amount of time the Finder waits after you have
- clicked on a file’s name before allowing you to edit it.
-
- Using Wait!
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- • Wait! requires System 7.0 or higher to function.
-
- • Double-click on the Wait! icon to open the Control Panel window.
-
- • To turn off the delay entirely, uncheck the Delay button. To turn
- the delay on again, check the button.
-
- • To modify the rename delay, make sure the Delay button is checked.
- Then select whether you want the rename delay to be the normal,
- factory setting, half, or a quarter of the factory setting. If you want
- it any smaller, you may as well turn it right off, since you can hardly
- tell the difference.
-
- • Incidentally, the rename delay is dependent on the double-click time.
-
- • Modifying the open Finder is not completely safe. Occasionally, a dirty
- (meaning modified since its last re-launch) may crash sometime after
- it is changed. To completely avoid crashes, press the Quit button.
- You can also quit directly from the cdev, by pressing Quit now. If you
- don't quit, there is a small risk of crashing. To avoid the Quit alert box,
- hold down the shift key when you close the cdev or open a new Finder
- after you have modified the current one. If you have any other open
- applications, the Finder will not re-launch until you have quit from them
- all. Modifying a closed Finder (not the current Finder) does not require
- that you quit.
-
- • Wait! may not function properly with new versions of the Finder (after 7.0).
- However, modifications will be made to the program when new versions
- appear to overcome these problems.
-
- • Although Wait! is a Control Panel, it does not have to be in the Control
- Panels folder to function properly.
-
- • If an error occurs while using Wait!, you will see an appropriate alert.
-
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- ==================
- If you use this program, have any comments or suggestions, or ideas for
- other programs, please write me a note, e-mail or post.
-
- Please remember to contact the author for registration and licensing.
-
- Robert Gibson E-Mail:
- RR#1 Carrying Place CIS: 71261,2236
- Ontario, CANADA Internet: 71261.2236@compuserve.com
- KØK 1LØ
-
- This program is not to be included in any software collections other than
- BBSs and on-line services (e.g. CD ROMs, PD Disks, etc.) without prior
- written consent from the author. Any distribution MUST MUST MUST
- include this document, unmodified.
-
- Wait! copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.