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- From: chh9@ellis.uchicago.edu (Conrad Halling)
- Subject: Re: Custom WDEF 0 on PowerBook 160 -- why is it there??
- Message-ID: <1992Dec11.215718.2419@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
- Reply-To: chh9@midway.uchicago.edu
- Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
- References: <1992Dec8.224216.18998@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Dec9.184902.9275@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Dec9.220506.11453@kth.se>
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 21:57:18 GMT
- Lines: 40
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- In article <1992Dec9.220506.11453@kth.se>
- d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon Wtte) writes:
-
- >In <1992Dec9.184902.9275@midway.uchicago.edu>
- chh9@ellis.uchicago.edu (Conrad Halling) writes:
-
- >>But shouldn't the way the title bars are drawn be the choice of the
- >>user? Is it possible to write a control panel or extension that would
- >>choose between black and white vs. gray-scale title bars?
- >
- >There is. The "colors" cdev (oops, I mean Control Panel)
- >
- >Someone posted where the window colors were stored (at the
- >end of a system resource) but I forgot where. Anyone care to
- >comment?
- >
- > -- Jon W{tte, h+@nada.kth.se, Mac Hacker Deluxe --
-
- The "Color" control panel lets you draw the _entire_ window frame in
- black and white or in colors/grays. The problem on the PowerBook 160 is
- that part of the window frame (and the scroll bars) is drawn in grays, but
- part (the title bar, go away box, and zoom box) is drawn in black and white.
-
- With a little experimentation, I found that I can use Extensions Manager
- to control how the windows are drawn. I used ResEdit to delete the 'WDEF'
- 0 resource from a copy of "System Enabler 111", unlocked the file, changed the
- name, and relocked the file. Then I configured Extensions Manager to
- recognize System Enabler files (type 'gbly'). The disabled System Enabler
- file ends up in the "Extensions (disabled)" folder that Extensions
- Manager creates. The caveat is that you have to be sure to have a
- System Enabler file in the system folder when you restart. I don't know
- what happens if you accidently have two.
-
- One of the DTS people wrote me a note and said that deleting the 'WDEF' 0
- resource from the system enabler file should cause no problems.
-
- --
- Conrad Halling
- c-halling@uchicago.edu
-
-