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<P><B><FONT SIZE="+1" FACE="Times"> </FONT></B></P>
<P><CENTER><B><FONT SIZE="+1" FACE="Times">Glidel</FONT></B>
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<P>Glidel is a system extension that extends the drag-and-drop
abilities within System 7 and later. You can select any file, folder
or volume icons (this is called a selection), and drag it to:</P>
<UL>
<LI>The <I>Open</I>, <I>Print</I>, <I>Get Info</I>,
<I>Sharing...</I>, <I>Duplicate</I>, <I>Make Alias</I>, <I>Put
Away</I> options (<I>Reveal Original</I> starting with system 7.5)
on the Finder File menu;
<LI>Any application or folder in the Apple menu, including those
accessible via a third-party hierarchical menu utility such as
BeHierarchic, NowMenus, Apple Menu Options, or OtherMenu;
<LI>Any currently running application, via the Application menu on
the right-hand side of the menu bar.
</UL>
<H3><U>Requirements</U></H3>
<P>Glidel operates with any version of the system, starting with
System 7.</P>
<H3><U>Installation</U></H3>
<P>Installing Glidel is easy. Just drag its icon onto the System
Folder one, and it will be automatically installed in your Extensions
folder. Then, restart your Mac, and Glidel will be in operation. If
you use an extension manager, such as InitPicker or Now
StartupManager, be sure to turn on Glidel in the manager before you
restart your Mac.</P>
<P>Starting with MacOS 8.6, you can take advantage of the help
utilities as well. Drag the <I>Glidel help</I> folder icon onto the
<I>Help</I> folder one. The <I>Help</I> folder is located within the
<I>System</I> folder.</P>
<H3><U>Using Glidel</U></H3>
<OL>
<LI>Make a selection by clicking on the icon of a document,
folder, or application, but don't release the mouse button after
you've made your selection. Multiple selections are also permitted
by Glidel, using any of the standard selection mechanisms;
<LI>Drag the selection up to the menu bar. When you reach the menu
bar, your cursor will immediately become a curved arrow--the
Glidel cursor--indicating that Glidel is ready to operate on your
selection;
<P><CENTER><IMG SRC="Parts/menus_bar.gif" ALT="Menus bar"
WIDTH=476 HEIGHT=45 X-SAS-UseImageWidth X-SAS-UseImageHeight
ALIGN=bottom naturalsizeflag="3"></CENTER></P>
<LI>Use the Glidel cursor to select the appropriate action or
destination for your selection, as described in the following
sections.
</OL>
<H3><U>File Menu Services</U></H3>
<P>If you move the Glidel cursor to the File menu, you can select any
of the following options: <I>Open</I>, <I>Print</I>, <I>Get Info</I>,
<I>Sharing...</I>, <I>Duplicate</I>, <I>Make Alias</I>, or <I>Put
Away</I>. When you release the mouse button with the Glidel cursor
points to one of these options, the matching action will be performed
on your selection.</P>
<P>This may seem not all that useful, but it allows you to perform
File menu operations without lifting your finger from the mouse
button. Also, it eliminates the need for pseudo-applications, such as
the drag-and-drop printer icons you can create with QuicKeys.
Moreover, why not use it ?</P>
<H3><U>Opening Documents</U></H3>
<P>If you move the Glidel cursor to the Apple or Applications menu,
you can then Browse these menus for an application program or its
alias. If you release the mouse button when the Glidel cursor points
to an application or its alias, the application will open the
document(s), if it is able to do so.</P>
<P>This allows you to easily open a document with an application that
is not its creator, without having that application's icon visible on
the desktop.</P>
<P>Note that if a selected item -- one you're dragging -- is itself
an alias, the application will open the original. If you want the
application to open the alias itself, first depress the Option key.
</P>
<P>This may seem not so useful to owners of Macintosh Easy Open,
SpeedyFinder, or NowMenus. However, these brilliant tools become
active only when a document's original creator is unavailable.
Sometimes, though, you may deliberately want to open a document with
a program other than its creator, even though you have the creating
application available (e.g., opening a Word document with ResEdit).
In situations like this, Glidel becomes extra-handy.</P>
<H3><U>Moving and Copying Selections</U></H3>
<P>If you release the mouse button above a folder, volume, or alias
in the Apple menu, the selected item(s) will be moved to that
location. As in the Finder itself, if you'd rather copy a selection
than move it, hold down the Option key. Note, too, that you can drag
fonts and DAs to the appropriate suitcases. Furthermore, if the
Control key (Command key with system 7) is depressed, the destination
window will get opened.</P>
<H3><U>Making Aliases</U></H3>
<P>To make an alias of your selection in a new location, hold down
both the Option and Command keys (Control key only in system 7) as
you select a folder, volume, or alias in the Apple menu. Unlike the
previous cases, if the item you're dragging is itself an alias of
another item, the newly-created alias will "point" to the first
alias. With system 7 only, if you'd rather have the new alias point
to the original item, hold down both the Option and Control keys when
you drag the selection to the destination.</P>
<P>As before, if the Control key (Command key with system 7) is
depressed, the destination window will get opened.</P>
<H3><U>Deactivation</U></H3>
<P>Glidel can be disabled temporarily when dragging the selection, by
holding down the Shift key. This can be handy when using a programme
enabling the screen to be wrapped, such as with the control panel
WrapScreen.</P>
<H3><U>Hierarchical Menu Utilities</U></H3>
<P>Glidel gets along well with most third-party hierarchical menu
utilities. If your Apple or Applications menu is "extended" by such a
utility, you will be able to select any item accessible via the
utility as Glidel's destination for moving, copying, making aliases,
and starting applications.</P>
<P>Currently, Glidel is known to work with BeHierarchic (except
version 4.1(.1)), MenuChoice (version 1.8), NowMenus (3.0.2 and
beyond), Super Boomerang (4.0.1p and beyond), Power menus,
PopupFolder, Apple Menu Options and FinderPop. In addition, Glidel
works with OtherMenu (1.2.2 and beyond), AliasMenu (version 1.1 and
beyond), Finder Windows (version 1.1) and WinMenu, as well as with
the Finder windows in the Applications menu using either ApplWindows
(2.0.2) or Wapp pro, PowerBar (1.1), or OtherMenu Windows external.
</P>
<P>Where will Glidel's author stop? See the section on limitations
later in the document.</P>
<H3><U>Shortcuts</U></H3>
<P>During a move, copy, or alias operation, you can take advantage of
several shortcuts. By releasing the mouse button when the Glidel
cursor points to an icon in the menu bar, you'll immediately select
the destination folder, as follows:</P>
<P><TABLE BORDER=1 CELLPADDING=0>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=207>
<P><CENTER><U>Icon</U></CENTER>
</TD><TD>
<P><CENTER><U>Folder</U></CENTER>
</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=207>
<P>The apple
</TD><TD>
<P>Apple Menu Items
</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=207>
<P>The macintosh (Applications menu title)
</TD><TD>
<P>System Folder
</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=207>
<P>OtherMenu icon
</TD><TD>
<P>OtherMenu Folder
</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=207 HEIGHT=3>
<P>AliasMenu icons
</TD><TD HEIGHT=3>
<P>The relevant sub-folders in the AliasMenu Items folder
</TD></TR>
</TABLE></P>
<H3><U>Limitations</U></H3>
<OL>
<LI>With System 7, only the Finder selection is handled. You need
MacOS 8 or beyond to deal with any application selection;
<LI>Glidel cannot open a document with an application program if
(a) the application is already running AND (b) the application
cannot handle high level events) AND (c) the application is not
the document's creator. This complicated and rare situation only
occurs with very old applications that are not System-7 friendly;
<LI>With ApplWindows, the windows must ordered Front to Back. This
is ApplWindows default mode;
<LI>MenuChoice uses the Option key to make aliases. For both the
Finder and Glidel, this key is used for copying. Since Glidel can
make aliases on its own, the Aliases option should be unchecked in
the MenuChoice control panel;
<LI>Glidel cannot (yet) access the sub-menus related to the items
Desktop, Deeper, and Recent in MenuChoice Apple menu;
<LI>Starting with Mac OS 8, the Control key is used to drop the
local menu when the mouse button is depressed. For Glidel, the
same key is used to open the destination window. For Glidel to be
able to distinguish this case, the key must be depressed when the
button is released;
<LI>Starting with MacOS 8, when the Finder selection is dropped
onto the system folder shortcut in the menu bar, the destination
window opening feature previously described is not supported
because there can be several destinations;
<LI>Glidel is partially compatible with ActionMenus. Here are the
requirements:
</OL>
<UL>
<LI>Glidel must load first, so rename ActionMenus into
zActionMenus, for instance, then restart your computer,
<LI>Among the different ActionMenus menus, Glidel works only with
the Apple menu,
<LI>Just use a regular Apple menu (no inline items etc.).
</UL>
<H3><U>Incompatibilities</U></H3>
<P>The hereabove limitations.</P>
<P>If you wish Glidel to work with other products, please feel free
to send the author a registered copy of the software so he can
experiment and develop the needed capabilities.</P>
<H3><U>Translations</U></H3>
<P>Glidel exists in french and japanese versions as well. The french
and english versions are followed up by the author, the japanese
version by <A HREF="mailto:webmaster@xiv-view.com">Yooo from
Japan</A>.</P>
<H3><U>Status</U></H3>
<P>Glidel is a shareware program. It can be freely distributed,
provided that (a) it is not modified without the author's prior
consent and is distributed along with this User's manual file, (b) no
fees are paid other than those related to shipping, disk copying, or
transmission/online time costs, and (c) if the American version is
offered the French version must be offered as well.</P>
<P>Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall the author be
liable for any incidental, special or consequential damages that
result from the use or inability of use this software or its related
documentation, even if the author have been advised of the
possibility of such damages.</P>
<H3><U>Registration</U></H3>
<P>If, after a fifteen days trial period, you decide to keep using
Glidel, you order a license. Each license is valid for a single
individual or legal entity, and covers usage of the software on a
single computer. The license fee is FRF 100, EUR 16 or USD 20. The
total price depends on the number of licenses you order. Furthermore,
a site license is USD 500 while a world-wide license is USD 2000.
</P>
<P>Already licensed people do not need to get reregistered.</P>
<H3><U>Payment</U></H3>
<P>You can pay with credit card, cash, postal money order or bank
check. All of methods are accessible using Glidel itself.</P>
<P>Drag the Finder selection onto the menu bar to trigger Glidel,
then unscroll the Apple menu. The first item is <I>About
Glidel...</I>; drop the selection onto it. A dialog will show up that
enables you, among other things, to register with:</P>
<UL>
<LI>Credit card - online payment - (USD only); this choice is
available only if you have an Internet access, or
<LI>Credit card - offline payment - or non-French bank check (both
USD only) or
<LI>Cash, postal money order or French bank check.
</UL>
<P>The first two possibilities are handled by Kagi, a US company
Glidel's author contracted with. The last one is handled directly by
Glidel's author.</P>
<H4>Credit card - online payment - (USD only)</H4>
<P>This method requires you have an Internet access. Click on the
<I>Credit card - online payment - (USD only) ...</I> button to
establish a connection with Kagi site. Fill and check all the
necessary fields, that is, your name, your email address and the
number of single user licenses you desire to purchase (or Site or
Word-Wide licenses). The total amount is computed depending on the
number of the licenses or on its kind. Please report also Glidel
version number.</P>
<H4>Credit card - offline payment - or non-French bank check (both
USD only)</H4>
<P>Click on the <I>Credit card - offline payment - or non-French bank
check (both USD only) ...</I> button. Glidel then prompts you to
locate the <TT>Register Glidel</TT> application that comes with
Glidel, in order to launch it. You will then be presented with a
dialog. Fill and check all the necessary fields, that is, your name,
your email address and the number of single user licenses you desire
to purchase (or Site or Word-Wide licenses), and select the payment
method, i.e. check or various credit card, using the pop-up menu. The
total amount is computed depending on the number of the licenses or
on its kind. You can also add a comment, typically Glidel version
number, by clicking on the small balloon.</P>
<P>If paying with Credit Card, you can email or fax the data to Kagi.
You can either Copy the data from <TT>Register Glidel</TT> and paste
into the body of an email message or you can Save the data to a file
and you can attach that file to an email message. There is no need to
compress the data file, it's already pretty small. If you have a fax
modem, just Print the data to the Kagi fax number.</P>
<P>Payments sent via email are processed within 3 to 4 days. You will
receive an email acknowledgement when it is processed. Payments sent
via fax take up to 10 days and if you provide a correct internet
email address you will receive an email acknowledgement.</P>
<P>Checks require a postal sending to contain the payment. If you are
paying with check you should print the form then send it with the
check to the address shown on the form.</P>
<P>Notice that at present if you pay via check drawn on a non-French
bank, it must be a check drawn in US Dollars. Kagi cannot accept
checks in other currencies, the conversion rate for non-USD checks is
around USD 15 per check and that is just not practical.</P>
<P>Payments send via postal mail take from 2 days up to 15 days for
processing depending on where you live. Again, if you include a
correct email address, you will hear from the author when the form is
processed.</P>
<H4>Cash, postal money order or French bank check</H4>
<P>If you prefer to pay with cash, postal money order or check drawn
on a <B>French</B> bank, click on the <I>Cash, postal money order or
French bank check...</I> button. Glidel then prompts you to locate
the <TT>Glidel form</TT> document that comes with Glidel, in order to
open it. You will then be presented with a form. Print it then fill
and check all the necessary fields, that is, your name, your email
address and the number of single user licenses you desire to
purchase. Send the form with your payment to the author at the
address shown on the form.</P>
<P>Payments send via postal mail take from 2 days up to 15 days for
processing depending on where you live. Again, if you include a
correct email address, you will hear from the author when the form is
processed.</P>
<H3><U>Comments</U></H3>
<P>Any comments can be emailed to
<A HREF="mailto:gberkovi@kagi.com">Gilles Berkovitch</A>.</P>
<H3><U>Information</U></H3>
<P>To get some information, you can drag the selection onto the menu
bar to trigger Glidel, then unscroll the Apple menu. The first item
is About Glidel... ; drop the selection onto it. A dialog will
show up. It enables you to:</P>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.imaginet.fr/~gberkovi/welcome.html">go to
the author's site</A> or
<LI><A HREF="mailto:gberkovi@kagi.com">send him an email</A> or
<LI>get this very text using the help button.
</UL>
<H3><U>Deinstallation</U></H3>
<P>To deinstall Glidel, just:</P>
<OL>
<LI>Remove the Glidel icon from the Extensions folder, taking care
not to put it in either the System Folder or the <I>Control
Panels</I> sub-folder, then
<LI>Restart your Mac.
</OL>
<H3><U>Acknowledgements</U></H3>
<P>Paul Mercer for his icon display algorithm during startup, Fred
Monroe for the original dropple menu, Quinn and his partners for
Internet Config, Mathilde de saint Leger and Benoît Widemann
for the Web site, Peter Lewis for Register and J.-P. Kuypers for the
French-language version.</P>
<P>English-language documentation edited by David M. Axler.</P>
<P>Localized for Japanese Macintosh community by
<A HREF="mailto:webmaster@xiv-view.com">Yooo from Japan</A>.</P>
<H3><U>Future Prospects</U></H3>
<P>Take into account your suggestions.</P>
<H3><U>History</U></H3>
<P>Soon after System 7's release came a wonderful system extension
named dropple menu that unfortunately stopped working with System 7.1
because the Finder's internal structures changed at that time. After
having unsuccesfully tried to reach Fred Monroe, dropple menu author,
I wrote Glidel to provide similar services, plus those of AKA
extension.</P>
<H3><U>Operation</U></H3>
<P>Before installing itself in memory during startup, Glidel checks a
bunch of requirements. If they are not met., Glidel will not be
installed, and you will see an X-ed icon. Furthermore, Glidel does
not add, modify, remove anything to the System file. Therefore if you
deinstall Glidel, you will find your System file just as it was
before Glidel installation.</P>
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