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Re: RR 10.3 startup screen...

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From: Brandon S. Allbery
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1989 23:25
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As quoted from <2008@network.ucsd.edu> by dpaight@HP-UX.ucsd.edu (Dan Paight):
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| In article <350@oscsuna.osc.edu> spencer@heinlein.osc.edu (Stephen N. Spencer) writes:
| >I have a question concerning RR 10.3 and the startup screen.  In the Red Ryder
| >manual on page 64 it talks of the option in the "Personal Preferences..." 
| >dialog which lets the user turn off the startup screen's loading when starting
| >RR up.  When I call up that dialog, however, that checkbox and option are
| >dimmed -- I can't get to the checkbox to mark it.
| 
| I, too, have experienced this annoying inconsistency between manual
| and program in RR.  One non-elegant way to get around it is to
| invoke the program by double-clicking on any RR file except RR
| itself (a proceedure file, Reds Stuff, Phone Books, etc.). 
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PUTPARAM 65, 1 (says another part of the manual)

I agree, though; it's a bit annoying to have the checkbox and not be able to
do anything with it.

++Brandon
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Subject: Re: RR 10.3 startup screen...
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Date: 18 Oct 89 23:25:43 GMT
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