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- About the Monitors FKEY 1.0
-
- After a few weeks of playing Marathon, I was sick of swapping resolutions
- on my multiscan monitor... and tried to think of a cool way to shortcut the
- process. I loved the "ToggleSndVol FKEY", and was inspired to do something
- similar.
-
- This tool doesn't replace the Monitors CP or Sound + Displays CP (in 7.5.2),
- but provides a quickie shortcut. Now I can even disable the cool new Control
- Strip Module on my 7500... I mean, who likes those damn floaters anyway? ;)
-
-
- Installing:
-
- The FKEY is packaged as a Font suitcase... why? Its a cool way to install
- system resources without using ResEdit. Simply place the file in the Fonts
- folder of System 7.1 or later -- no need to reboot! (System 7.0.x users
- must still use ResEdit). To remove it, you must quit all open applications
- before dragging the font suitcase from the Fonts folder.
-
- This software requires the Display Manager 1.2, which is bundled with System
- 7.5.2 (as installed on the PM7200, PM7500, and PM8500). If you dont have
- 7.5.2 or the updater... you need to get the software from Apple's FTP site
- (it's free!) at:
-
- <ftp://ftptoo.support.apple.com/pub/apple_sw_updates/US/mac/
- display_periph_sw/MultipleScan%20Display%20SW%201.2.hqx>
-
- Activating:
-
- The FKEY is activated by pressing Command-Shift-Zero (ala FKEY zero) in
- any application. Some things to note:
-
- * If the current application doesn't have enough free memory to
- load the dialog, the FKEY will try to free some. If it fails,
- the computer will beep rather than display the dialog. The only
- thing you can do is close windows or switch apps, then try again.
- (This seems to happens more often in the Finder)
- * PCI machines don't seem to return monitor information as quickly
- as NuBus, so you will suffer a short pause while the FKEY loads
- the resolution list on the first invocation. The information is
- cached across calls, so you should only suffer this wait once
- per startup (or until you reconfigure the monitors).
- * "Optional" monitor modes are denoted by warning icons or italics
- in the popup menu -- these are the special modes that may not work
- with your video card/monitor. Try them at your own risk. Also, if
- you are sure that such modes *do* work on your machine, you can
- turn off the "Warning Messages" features. If your monitor doesn't
- support multiple modes or all of the modes you have are safe, then
- you won't see that "Warning Messages" checkbox.
- * Resizing your monitor can cause the icons on your desktop to start
- migrating toward the upper-left of the screen. If there is enough
- positive response (esp. $), I may incorporate some icon fixing code.
- * Notice that many things have key equivalents... such as arrow keys,
- escape, return, and numbers (1=B/W, 2,4,8=2,4,8-Bit color, 9=16-bit
- color, 0=32-bit color). Also watch the behavior of the "default"
- button as you switch resolutions... its annoying at first, but it
- does grow on you as a useful keyboard shortcut.
-
-
- Distribution:
-
- Its free to download and redistribute... but if you find yourself using it
- *all* the time, you could consider sending me $5 or $10 as guiltware. :)
-
- This is rather experimental software, although I have tested it on several
- machines. As always, I don't warrantee or guarantee or anything... the
- software is provided as is and I not responsible for any hassles it may
- cause you. It works for me, and that's the best I can do.
-
-
- Matt Slot (fprefect@umich.edu) - 10/3/95
-
- PS - Watch for a Monitors AppleScript Extension... coming soon!
-