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In article <240@melbcae.edu.au> lgeorge@melbcae.edu.au writes:

>I was using F/Da Mover last week, and I came across a hidden feature.
>...if you
>hold down the option key and click on a da's name, you will get
>futher information about the size of the da.  Namely, it gives you a
>run down of the amount of "picture data", the "program data" and the
>"other data" (in bytes) that the da contains.  My questions are :-

>	(1) Has anyone seen this feature documented?

Yes, but not by Apple.  The FDAM does a number of interesting things
when you use the option key.  Option-launch opens with DAs as the
default instead of fonts.  Option-select gives the info you saw.
Option-open lets you select any file instead of just System and FDAM
files.

>	(2) Any ideas what the "other data" is?

It's any resources owned by the DA that aren't PICT or the DA itself.
This could be absolutely anything.  To find out, put the DA in a file
by itself and examine the file with ResEdit.

>	(3) Is it possible to remove fonts/das without being asked to confirm
>all the time.

I don't know of a way short of patching FDAM.

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