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Type Disunion Release Notes
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TYPE DISUNION RELEASE NOTES
This is a one-dumb-job INIT (Extension). It does one very stupid job,
then gets off the road. It patches _nothing_ so it's entirely safe to
use in any Macintosh, System 7 or 6.
What does it do?
Type Disunion does this: at startup time, it deletes the Adobe Type
Reunion file named "Type Reunion Data". This is the database ATR
creates to generate heirarchical font menus. Type Disunion searches
in the System Folder (for System 6 users) and the Prefernces Folder
(for System 7 users). If "Type Reunion Data" is found in either of
those folders, Type Disunion deletes it. If not, nothing happens, and
Type Disunion removes itself from memory. Adobe Type Reunion
generates a new copy of "Type Reunion Data" when it sees that none is
present.
Why does it do it?
About a half-dozen times a year, I trace bad Mac flakiness to a
corrupted copy of "Type Reunion Data". Every time, I do all the
obvious stuff first, remembering too late to delete that pig.
Consequently, I wrote this little INIT to kill it with each boot,
assuring that it can never be corrupted for long.
Installation...
System 6: Drag Type Disunion into your System Folder.
System 7: Drag Type Disunion _onto_ your System Folder. You will be
asked if you want to put it in the Extensions Folder. You do.
Type Disunion will execute with your next boot, and every boot
thereafter.
Special considerations...
Because ATR will have to recreate "Type Reunion Data" with each boot,
your boot times will be longer by an insignificant amount.
If you use an INIT/Extensions manager, be sure to turn Type Disunion
on. Take note that it should be loaded _before_ ATR. If it isn't, ATR
won't notice it's without a copy of "Type Reunion Data" until you do
something requiring fonts. No tragedy: it will just create the
database then, rather than at boot time.
Lastly, if you don't use ATR, this won't do anyting for you (grin).
Very Best,
Greg Swann
11/11/92