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- From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
- Subject: Re: Tech Note 31 (was: The Macintosh Secret Tricks List
- Message-ID: <1993Jan04.234422.27216@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: Mon, 04 Jan 93 23:44:22 GMT
- Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park
- References: <1993Jan2.035742.8695@netcom.com> <1i9tmnINN3aa@function.mps.ohio-state.edu>
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- In article <1i9tmnINN3aa@function.mps.ohio-state.edu> edgar@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) writes:
- >
- >> right sort of magic spell, you can eventually bring up a copy of the
- >> fabled Tech Note 31 in a window! I used to know how to do this. I
- >> forgot. If you can figure out how to get this secret trick, you'll
- >> get your name here in lights. :)
- >
- >Anyone who knows how to do this will not reveal it here... Someone who does
- >may end up grazing off a cliff...
-
- I believe it is not possible with the latest TN revisions. The
- important variables seem to get set just before they are tested. It
- was possible in some of the earlier TN stack revisions.
-
- (actually, in the new ones, it is STILL possible, just not without
- setting some variables directly rather than just saying the magic
- words "Clarus the dogcow says Moof!", but maybe I'm just lost in the
- weeds)
-
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