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- “READ ME” for Blindfold, version 1.0
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- Copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.
- January 12, 1992
- Font: Geneva 12
-
- This document must go wherever Blindfold goes. Please do not distribute
- Blindfold without this documentation. Please do not modify this document.
-
- INTRODUCTION
- =============
- This document contains information about Blindfold, a Drop Box by Robert
- Gibson. Information specific to Blindfold itself is given in “Using
- Blindfold”. Characteristics of Drop Boxes in general are discussed in the
- “Using Drop Boxes” section. Finally, information about the author is
- provided in the last section, “About the Author”.
-
- USING BLINDFOLD
- ================
- These sections are fairly detailed descriptions of how and why you may
- use Blindfold. There are many ways to use, and purposes for, this program,
- that I don’t discuss.
-
- • If you use Blindfold, please please please send me a note. I love to
- hear from users of my software. My addresses (post and e-mail) are
- given below in “About the Author”.
-
- What Does Blindfold Do?
- ----------------------
- • Blindfold allows you to hide or show icons in the Finder. So you can
- hide files you don’t want to see or don’t want seen. And they can be
- easily shown again when you want them. It can also help you organize
- your desktop by removing clutter from view.
-
- Using Blindfold
- --------------
- • Blindfold can be used in two ways:
-
- • You can double-click on the application icon to open the program, and
- use the Open... menu item in the File menu to select files for
- modification. You can also modify your preferences from this menu.
- You could also drag sets of files, folders, or disks into the application,
- “Drop Box-style”. Depending on the preferences you have set up (see the
- next section), Blindfold will scan folders and disks provided, and will
- modify ALL files and ALL of the directories provided, no matter what
- their depth. The latter method requires Apple Events, and thus System
- 7.0 or higher. So if you don’t have at least System 7.0, you’ll have to
- use the Open... menu item.
-
- • When in Manual mode (using the Open... menu item), the file open dialog
- will appear with several extra buttons. The Visible check box is checked
- if the currently selected file or folder is visible in the Finder. You can
- check or uncheck this button as desired. The other two check box
- determine what files to display. Remember that folders are always
- display (regardless of their Blindfold). The last two extra buttons,
- All visible and All invisible, allow you to make all files in the current
- directory either visible or invisible. Blindfold does not go any deeper
- than the current directory when in Manual mode, so the contents of
- a folder made invisible in Manual mode are not made invisible also.
-
- • Double-clicking on files in Manual mode is the same as toggling the
- Visible check box. Otherwise (double-clicking on folders or disks),
- it performs the standard function.
-
- • You can’t change the Blindfold of disks.
-
- • If you make an alias invisible, the owner file will be hidden.
-
- • If you hold down the shift key when launching the program (or, if you
- hold down the option key to show the Preferences dialog, right after
- you hit OK), you can toggle the Blindfold of the selected files. All
- preferences other than the Blindfold setting will be considered. No
- matter what that setting, visible files and folders will be made
- invisible, and invisible files or folders will be made visible.
-
- • To cancel processing, just type a command-period. Cancelling in the
- middle of a file causes that file to be left unchanged. However, files
- already processed will remain modified.
-
- Preferences
- -----------
- • The first time you try to modify a file using the program, the
- preferences dialog will come up, just to make sure the correct
- parameters have been set up. You can modify these if you wish. If
- you don't want to see that window again, just say OK. You will have to
- explicitly ask for for the Preferences window the next time you wish
- to change anything. The preferences apply ONLY to Drop Box mode. They
- are not consulted when in Manual mode.
-
- • To show the Preferences dialog in Drop Box mode, hold down the option
- key while the program is launching.
-
- • The preferences are fairly self-explanatory. You can choose to show or
- hide files and folders. By choosing to modify directories, you have
- decided that folders themselves can be made visible or invisible. You
- can modify files and folders inside those folders which you have dropped
- in by checking the Modify contents box. For example, if you drop in a folder
- containing three files and another folder, and have Modify contents on but
- Modify directories off, and are turning the files invisible, you will still
- be able to see the folders in the Finder (as long as you could see them
- before), but the all contained files (including those inside the second
- folder) will have disappeared.
-
- USING DROP BOXES
- =================
- Drop Boxes are applications which can take advantage of System 7’s Apple
- Events. To use them, just drag a file over the application icon just as you
- would drag a file over a folder to move it into that directory. The Drop
- Box is then opened and processing is done. The program then quits. You can
- also throw in whole directories and disks. You don’t have to throw in just
- one, either. Select a whole bunch of files, directories, or disks, or any
- combination of the three, and dump them in. The Drop Box will scan for
- files of the required type and modify them accordingly. All files in all
- directories within those dropped in will be modified.
-
- You can also open the program by double-clicking and modify files from
- inside the program, or you can open the program manually and then throw
- files in. The program will not quit this time.
-
- At least, that is how Rob•Drop Boxes work.
-
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- ==================
- If you use this program, have any comments or suggestions, or ideas for
- other programs, please write me a note, e-mail or post.
-
- Robert Gibson E-Mail:
- RR#1 Carrying Place CIS: 71261,2236
- Ontario, CANADA Internet: 71261.2236@compuserve.com
- KØK 1LØ
-
- This program is not to be included in any software collections other than
- BBSs and on-line services (eg. CD ROMs, PD Disks, etc.) without prior
- written consent from the author. Any distribution MUST MUST MUST
- include this document, unmodified.
-
- Blindfold copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.