gaspod adds a Windows menu to absolutely any application, including the Finder. Yep, that's just about it.
___The How___
Just drop it in your System Folder, restart, and away you go. If all goes well, you'll see the gaspod icon during startup, along with all your other cool little extensions. If all goes really well, there'll be a new icon in your menu bar, up next to the Balloon or Apple Guide menu. Cool, cool, cool.
Go on, click on it! It'll look something like this:
ハ
A quick explanation of menu functions:
About gaspodノ
Shows a quick about box, with my email and snail addresses, etc.
Everything else
Selects that window.
That's all, I s'pose.
___The Catch___
As always, there is a catch. Please only use the gaspod menu when the application in question doesn't have a windows menu of its own. Some applications (especially ones that use floating windows) get a little confused if you start selecting windows メby forceモ as gaspod does. Everything should stay usable, but windows maybe incorrectly hilighted.
Some applications, which use there own special voodoo in selecting windows, simply don't allow gaspod to select windows. These include some Claris products.
Arguably, gaspod's best home is in the Finder.
With version 1.2, even windows with quirky characters are displayed untouched in the menu.
___The Plug___
Thanks go to Scott Kevill for help getting the icon menu there in the first place.
A kazillion thanks for Stefan Anthony for designing the new icons for this version. (If you've upgraded from a previous version, you may have to rebuild the desktop file for full effect).
Misc thanks to pbjones, Peter Lewis, Andreas Amoroso.
If you should love gaspod beyond belief, I would be incredibly happy to receive US$5 or AU$5 in the mail (cash, Australian cheque or IMO prefered). I'm at:
Snail:
14 Gould Place,
Ayr, Qld, 4807,
Australia.
Email:
petervdh@ozemail.com.au
Of course, bug reports and comments would also be welcome.
I'm going to stop promising PowerPC nativity for gaspod for the moment, but it will happen eventually. Currently, though, there is no point to it, as the traps we patch aren't native to start with. (At least under MacOS 7.5.3). Therefore, even if gaspod was native, it wouldn't go any faster. (In fact, it may even be slower!).