Here's a copy of the latest version of AltWDEF, 1.5.3.
It replaces your standard window look with a much more customizable
one, one which includes an extra box next to the zoom box which
_shrinks the window to an icon_. Pretty spiffy. If you are familiar
"Alex's WDEF" in WindChooser 1.12, then take my word for it as the
author of the WindChooser cdev that this is much much better.
It should take care of any bugs you have found and surprise you
with some new options as well.
I had promised a number of people that AltWDEF was submitted to
comp.binaries.mac months ago, and it was, but it took till now
to appear. Thanks God for info-mac's archiving of files -- any
hideous commercial demos that appear don't cut down on the volume
of the rest of the software traffic.
*** cut here ***
#### BINHEX alternate-keyboards.hqx ****
From Louis_Bergeron@UQAT.UQuebec.CA Wed Aug 25 20:10:39 1993
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 22:43:32 -0400
From: Louis_Bergeron@UQAT.UQuebec.CA
Subject: KEYBOARDS DRAG AND DROP
Item Subject: /.../0000069
Subject: Dvorak keyboards and many other
In this file you will find a Drovak keyboard and many other keyboards from all countries. You just drag-and-drop the keyboards to the System folder and they will be added to the list of available keyboards. To remove them, you open the System file and drag them out.
#### BINHEX annoyance-pack.hqx ****
Subject: [*] Annoyance Pack
From MacHack '92 - 5 Extensions submitted to MacHack '92, including DOS
-Not! (removes the letters 'dos' everytime they are typed), HotShift
(moves the cursor hot-spot off of the cursor for every click),
MenuHack (System 7 only Q shuffles the menus in the MenuBar everytime
you use menu), NVwl (removes every vowel that is typed), and Squeaker
II (causes your mouse to squeak everytime you click the mouse). Great
as a practical joke! Freeware.
Part of the February 1993 Home & School Mac collection. StuffIt 3.0 archive.
[Archived as /info-mac/ex/annoyance-pack.hqx; 16K]
#### BINHEX apollo-10.hqx ****
From: jeremyr@dcs.qmw.ac.uk
Subject: Apollo 1.0
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 92 15:37:31 GMT
Apollo 1.0
==========
Enclosed is the latest version of Apollo, the launching utility. Apollo will
launch applications, desk accessories, control panels and documents and will
open folders. Multiple combinations of any of these can be launched with a
single menu selection. Each application can have its own settings for screen
depth, sound level, default folder (for the Open and Save dialogs) and
default document.
Apollo also has facilities for switching between applications using either a
menu or a key combination. A second key combination hides the current
application as it is switched out. Certain applications and INITs can be
excluded from either or both of the menu and keyboard rota. The switching menu
contains window submenus for each running application.
Apollo will run on any Mac from the Plus upwards, under any system above 4.1.
Some features, however, require system 7.
This submission also contains Apollo Localiser, which will translate Apollo
from English into French, German, Japanese, Dutch or Swedish, and Apollo
Converter, which copies settings from previous versions of Apollo (0.5 to 0.8)
into version 1.0.
Full documentation is included in English. Quick introduction chapters are
included in French, German, Japanese, Dutch and Swedish.
Previous beta versions have been well received:
"check it out soon" (BYTE, May 1992) and
"this beta version works excellently" (Dutch MacWorld, October 1992)
This is Applicon 2.3, an upgrade to Applicon 2.2 and earlier versions.
Applicon is a utility for System 7. It places a
"tile" on your desktop for each running application listed
under the Application menu. Each tile displays the icon and
name of "its" application. Clicking the tile brings its
application to the front, the same as if you'd selected that
app from the Application menu. Option-clicking will hide the
current app's windows before bringing the selected app to the
front.
Applicon is nice because you can see what's running without
pulling down a menu, and because the tiles are easier to manage
than menu items: you don't have to stop and read, and you don't
have to be too precise with the mouse.
This release, version 2.3, fixes a few bugs and introduces three
new features, including an option to "Always Hide Others."
All users are recommended to upgrade.
Applicon is a fully compatible System 7.0 application that shows
how some things that used to require INITs can now be done with
a small app. You can launch Applicon at any time, but it's most
convenient to simply drop it into your Startup Items folder
inside your System Folder. It features full on-line help,
including Balloon Help. Applicon requires System 7.0 or later.
It is free.
By Rick Holzgrafe rmh@taligent.com
Copyright 1991-1993 by Semicolon Software. All rights reserved.
[Applicon2.3.cpt.hqx.]
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#### BINHEX arnold-131.hqx ****
From: gt0151c@prism.gatech.edu (Shaw, David P.)
Subject: Arnold 1.3.1.cpt
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 21:38:51 EST
The following file is Arnold 1.3.1, a small extension that plays Arnold Schawrtzeneggar saying "Asta la vista baby" on shutdown and "I need a vacation" on restart. It has been tested on several machines running System 7. It should run on any mac running System 6.0.5 or later.
#### BINHEX async-family-114.hqx ****
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1992 10:24 GMT+1
From: FRICCI@POLITO.IT
Subject: [*] Async Family
Async Family 1.14
by Alessandro Levi Montalcini
uploaded by Alberto Ricci
Requires System 7.0 or later.
***THIS IS A WONDERFUL UTILITY!!!***
Async Family is a set of applications and one extension. Actually, this
last one is not a real extension, it's a background application. This
means it will not have the usual conflict problems INITs have.
Well, Async family makes your Mac beep and play sounds Asynchronously,
i.e. you don't have to wait for the sound to be finished playing before
you can get back to work!
You'll be able to install 5-minute sounds in your System and use them as
System beeps!
Drop Mr.Player and Mr.Beeper in your system folder, select a new system
beep (a LONG one) in Mr.Beeper's control panel and restart your Mac… All
your system beeps will be asynchronous, and if you have a Mac with the
Apple Sound Chip (all Macs but the 68000-based have it) you'll hear more
than one beep at a time. You may also drop AIFF and System 7 sound files
on Mr.Drop to play them while you keep working (multi-megabyte files can
be played without any trouble).
#### BINHEX attention-102.hqx ****
From: piovanel@dsi.unimi.it
Subject: attention-102.hqx
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 93 15:57:13 METDST
Organization: Merzstuecke
Attention 1.0.2 is a little control panel that lets you
customize the sound played when background applications need
your attention (technically speaking, when they post
notifications).
You also have options to disable notification sound altogether,
to disallow notification alert boxes and to always play a sound
when a notification is posted.
Attention 1.0.2 fixes some incompatibilities found in version
1.0.1, which it should replace.
This program is free but not public domain.
#### BINHEX audio-interface.hqx ****
From: Alex Metcalf <alex@metcalf.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Audio Interface
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 1994 19:48:41 -0400
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Audio Interface: Software for Mac users with sight difficulties
---------------
Audio Interface is a free control panel, designed to make
Mac computer use easier for those with sight difficulties.
Audio Interface enables the user to move the mouse over
a menu item or dialog box item and have it spoken out using
Apple's PlainTalk software technology.
Most menus and menu items can be read, and Audio Interface
recognises such menu attributes as "unavailable", "checked", and
"marked with a diamond". An option is provided to choose the
desired length of description for each item.
When dialog boxes appear on the screen, Audio Interface
attempts to read the main message in the dialog box. Similarly,
the mouse can be moved over text descriptions and button names
in the dialog box to have them spoken.
With enough interest in the software, future improvements
and enhancements will be planned. Support may be extended to
other parts of the Mac interface, with the aim of making the Mac
a more accessible computer to visually impaired users.
If you have any compatibility problems, please let me
know. Some testing has been done, but it is impossible for me to
test the software on every possible configuration.
From: Christopher Owen <owenc@MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU>
Subject: Kill em all!
Kill 'em all is an external written for use with OtherMenu which is a really cool utility written by James Walker. It is sort of a quick hack but seems to work just fine.
I finally got my dream and now have 12 megs of RAM in my Mac. This is great for opening up everything I need and never running out of memory. Unfortunately, after a huge downloading session (you know, you have Zterm, Compact Pro, MacCompress, TeachText,
MS Word, SitToCpt, DeSea all open at once) I can end up with a bunch of open applications. I can't empty the trash because all the folders have open files, etc. It is sort of a pain to go through and choose each application with the application menu an
d do a quit. What I want to do is just quit them all. Now with Kill 'em all, I can do this easily.
When envoked from the OtherMenu, Kill 'em all will kill all open applications except for the Finder. It should be used while the Finder (or other AppleEvent aware application) is the front most application. Initially it will ask you to confirm that each
application should be killed, but you can change in the settings dialog. Also in the setting dialog is the option of giving an exception for one certain application. This application must be identified by its creator (ie MSWD for Word, PJMM for THINK P
ascal). The settings dialog for OtherMenu externals can be accessed by holding down the shift key when choosing the external from OtherMenu.
Chris Owen
owen-christopher@yale.edu
#### BINHEX kitchen-sink.hqx ****
From: Kevin Raner <kevin@carbon.chem.csiro.au>
Subject: Kitchen Sink
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 93 10:23:06 EST
Dear Moderator,
Here is my Cristmas present to the net. It's a Control Panel called "Kitchen
Sink" which I wrote for those who have everything on their Mac (but the Kitchen
Sink). This freeware control panel watches cursor activity and whenever the
system is busy (as judged by the watch cursor) gives an audible indication in
the form of a dripping sound. Requires System 7.1 and System Update 2.0.1.
Kevin Raner
kevin@carbon.chem.csiro.au
#### BINHEX kiwi-screenscapes-101-updt.hqx ****
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 20:46:32 -0500 (CDT)
From: James Harold Brogan <jbrogan@tenet.edu>
Subject: Screenscapes1.0.1.sea.hqx
--0-1569828695-745725328:#1210
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
This program updates Kiwi Software's excellent desktop pattern
program, Screenscapes, from version 1.0 to 1.0.1.
By the way, Kudos to Kiwi for their prompt and helpful response to
Organization: Department of Mathematics, Univ. of S. Carolina
When you save a file and get the "Replace existing <filename>?" dialog, this
extension will make the Replace button, rather than the Cancel button, be
the default. Requires System 7. Will not slow down your Mac. Freeware.
-- Jim Walker
#### BINHEX res-find.hqx ****
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 92 12:20:35 GMT
From: Michael Everson <EVERSON%IRLEARN.UCD.IE@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: ResFind repost
This is a repost of the ResFind resource viewer, including the original
da (in French), its original documentation (in French), and a translated
da (in Basque). No, wait, it's in English.... I didn't translate the
documentation into English because it was 5 pages long and because the
da is pretty straightforward.
#### BINHEX resedit-primer-60.hqx ****
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 91 02:55:40 EST
From: perez@andromeda.rutgers.edu (William Perez)
Subject: HMG ResEdit(2.1) Primer 6.0.sdl.hqx
Here is the newest version of the ResEdit primer. This is an application
that helps you understand and guides you through ResEdit's capabilities
and features. This program has been updated for Apple's official release of
ResEdit 2.1. Note I am simply uploading this program for the author, Herbert
M. Goodman (aka HMG). This is a BinHex-ed Stuffit Deluxe/Classic archive.
#### BINHEX resedit-tips.hqx ****
From: Scott E. Lasley <lasleyse@wam.umd.edu>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 92 21:37:51 -0500
Subject: 5 Resedit Tips
ResEdit 2.1 gives you the tools to tinker with System 7Us new interface, and
with a little effort you can accomplish almost any tweak you want. To get you
started, here are five ResEdit projects that include step-by-step instructions
on customizing techniques, as well as sample resources to illustrate each tip.
RFive ResEdit TipsS lets you:
1. Decorate your desktop with a selection of 16-x-16-, 32-x-32-, and
64-x-64-pixel patterns.
2. Create your own Startup screens, in any size or color you desire.
3. Graft icons onto files; clean up icons; touch up small icons; and use the
BNDL (bundle) resource to globally assign color icons to documents (for
example, all Microsoft Word files, all FileMaker Pro documents, or all
HyperCard stacks).
4. Assign color startup icons to old INITs and control panels so you have
something pretty to look at while you wait for your Mac to start up.
5. Master the elusive TMPL (template) resource and edit new and unknown
resource types.
Each of the above techniques is illustrated with sample resources; among these
is a template for editing the new Finder menu resource (the enigmatic fmnu),
thereby adding Command-key shortcuts to the FinderUs File, Edit, and Special
menus.
Downloaded from Compuserve. Please note that I am not the author of this
software.
#### BINHEX resume-to-finder-20.hqx ****
Date: Sat, 22 May 93 13:29:20 +0200
From: simula3@di.unito.it ( Rodella-Morena)
Subject: [*] ResumeToFinder 2.0
ResumeToFinder is a Control Panel/Extension that installs a
simple resume procedure in applications that don't have one.
When ResumeToFinder is installed, system error alerts (also
known as "bombs") will always show a "Resume" button.
SHAREWARE - $5
Author: Alessandro Levi Montalcini
#### BINHEX scrapbook-helper.hqx ****
From: STEIN78@wharton.upenn.edu
Subject: Scrapbook Helper.hqx
Date: 23 Feb 1994 06:15:48 -0500 (EST)
Scrapbook Helper is a simple shareware utility that activates the arrow keys in the scrapbook. (You'll finally be able to switch between items with the keyboard!) It also offers hot key access (with a hot key of your choice) to the scrapbook from any application.
Just put it in your System Folder and you're ready to go---nothing new to learn!
#### BINHEX screen-play-121.hqx ****
From: Kevin Fong <Kevin_Fong@rand.org>
Subject: Screen Play 1.2.1
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 94 09:52:06 PST
Enclosed is bug fix version 1.2.1 of Screen Play, an extension that
randomly selects a startup screen to be displayed on your Mac. This version
fixes a bug that occasionally caused Macs to freeze during the startup
process. It replaces the file "screenplay1.2.cpt.hqx". Documentation is
included.
------
Kevin Fong Santa Monica, CA Kevin_Fong@rand.org
#### BINHEX screen-refresher-101.hqx ****
From: Robert.Best@potsdam.edu (Robert C. Best III)
Subject: Screen Refresher 1.0.1
Date: Mon, 9 May 1994 15:35:49 -0400
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Refreshed does one thing... It redraws everything on the screen.
Why? What for?
---------------
Have ever had your screen not get redrawn, usually after a recoverable
crash, had some application change the colors on your monitor or just
some fluke or bug in the application your were using at the time?
Well, with "Refresher", all you have to do is press Command + Shift + 4,
and whoa-la, everything on the screen is redrawn, and windows refreshed!
Try it out!
-----------
Included with this handy dandy screen refresher is also a screen
messer-up'er! This program upon double-clicking on it, will mess up your
screen much like what I described above, but only worse! A copy of
Refresher is included "inside" of screen messer-up'er so you can try out
Refresher BEFORE you install it into your system.
Version 1.0.1 of Refresh now refreshes the cursor also and adds a stand
alone application version of the Refesher Fkey (Refesher App) by of
SF Windows adds a popup menu to "Open" and "Save As..." dialogs. This menu contains the names of all the open windows in the Finder. When you select one of the windows from the menu, you will "Jump" to that folder.
This version will work with the System 7.1 Finder only. As new versions of the Finder are released, you can expect upgrades to SFWindows.
--------
Note for sumex-aim:
This program is an extension that requires system 7.1. I expect the lifetime of this program is approx. 6 months as people are often reluctant to upgrade to new system software (ie 7.2).
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#### BINHEX shadowrama-fkey.hqx ****
From: rreeves@acs.bu.edu (Robert Reeves)
Subject: No Subject!
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 94 11:09:33 -0400
Attached (hopefully) is a small FKEY that will convert the
active window to "Shadowrama-mode". Please note that this was not
written by me, just passing it along from the authour. For more info-
read the Read Me- It's Fun! I guess standard ResEdit and FKEY
disclaimers would apply.
**Keep circulating the Fkeys!**
-----
#### BINHEX short-finder-15b1.hqx ****
From: brg@cscns.com (Brian R. Gaeke)
Subject: ShortFinder 1.5b1
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 94 22:15:11 EST
This is a beta release of an upgrade to my ShortFinder program.
ShortFinder is a program that lets you run programs, do various menial
file tasks, and shutdown/restart the machine without the Finder. You can
also use it and the Emergency Disk Maker to make room on a startup disk
for a program like Disinfectant or CP DiskFix.
Some of the features in this program aren't implemented yet; that's why
it's called a beta version :)
ShortFinder is shareware, see inside for details.
Brian Gaeke -- The Dimensional Gate Company -- brg@dgate.org
#### TEXT short-finder-as-finder.txt ****
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 16:17:24 -0800
From: david_ryeburn@sfu.ca (David Ryeburn)
Subject: System 7 Emergency disks using ShortFinder
Recently Brian Gaeke posted an application called ShortFinder 1.0
(posted as util/short-finder-10.hqx). It can be used to launch or
terminate processes. This includes the possibility of quitting the
Finder if there is a (normal) Finder and it is running, or starting
it if it is not running. ShortFinder uses about one-seventh the disk
space of a regular System 7 Finder, and runs in far less RAM. This
report shows how ShortFinder can be used as a Finder substitute on a
high-density floppy disk to make a System 7 emergency disk.
In an effort to provide existing StarDrive 1.0 users with continued support, Software Perspectives is pleased to release StarDrive Lite 2.0.
StarDrive Lite supports black and white Macs! If you have a Macintosh Plus, SE, SE/30, Classic or Classic II, you can now benefit from StarDrive's screen saving capabilities.
And as in version 1.0 and 1.0.1, you also have control over the number of stars, star size, speed, and background starfield.
StarDrive Lite still only requires 64k of memory and takes
up very little disk space, and...it's free!
#### BINHEX startup-movie.hqx ****
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1992 23:52 EDT
From: "Face it, you are not always what you wear."
Subject: STARTUPMOOV INIT/EXTENSION
I will try to be as brief as possible: This is an extension/INIT for any system
capable of using QUICKTIME. It will display a movie at startup (a video startup
screen if you will) of the user's choice. The movie to be played is chosen at
startup and can be anywhere on the startupdisk. I am not the author, I am only
uploading this file due to the fact that people were inquiring about it since I
mentioned it a few digests back. Enjoy
G_WERNER@acc.haverford.edu
#### BINHEX startup-screen-manager.hqx ****
From: Ken Simpson <ksimpson@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU>
Subject: StartupScreenManager; a control panel
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 15:43:09 -0500
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control panel that lets you pick random startup screens from a folder.
How this is different is that it allows you to set weights for various
I am forwarding this message, courtesy of Thomas Lunde via Jim Bethin, because I found it
immensely helpful and I thought others might, too. I implemented everything except the CMD-U,
CMD-S,. and CMD-R (too many accidental restarts when trying to empty the trash with CMD-T) and they all work just as promised. BTW, I'm using 7.0b4 (I know, a dinosaur, but I haven't
been able to get my grubbies on any of the FC's) and ResEdit 2.1 (though _that_ shouldn't make
any difference). Now, maybe one of you MacGods out there can develop a template or, even
better, a resource editor, to make these things easier.
Lou Casagrande
TL> From tlunde@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu Mon Apr 22 07:45:08 1991 From: