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Article #32812Re: Backdrop INIT Enhancement suggestion
From: William M. Bumgarner
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 1988 17:33
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 1988 17:33
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INIT's shouldn't care what their name is... the key reason being so you can force them to load in whatever order you want! Reasons: a) compatibility-- some INIT's don't like being loaded before/after others. b) organization-- I name all my INIT's zz Name to force them to the bottom of the list in the system folder (view by name-- who wants to look at 150+ icons :-). c) user-friendliness-- maybe someone wants to rename it for some unkown reason, fine, that is their business. but if they do so, then there is no reason why anything should break. d) security-- if somethine breaks because it is renamed, then what is to prevent someone from destroying a system folder by renaming everything? System/Finder/drivers are pretty easy to recognize, the prefs files can be deleted, but INIT's aren't so easy... AAsk INIT is NOT public domain/shareware/freeware. It is BETA from CE Software and was released by a former beta tester. Use/distribution is not legal! The version that leaked is 1.0b4 and is not stable/sanctioned. b.bum wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!wb1j+ From: wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu (William M. Bumgarner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Backdrop INIT Enhancement suggestion Message-ID: <8XFaVxy00UgXIhzoFq@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: 2 Oct 88 17:33:49 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon Lines: 24