resources in other files in the blessed folder

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From: Frank Ng
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1987 23:09

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Recently in some news articles (sorry, I forget which) and in
literature (eg MacTutor January 87) have referred to the ability of
System 3.2 to find resources (fonts, DAs, inits) in other files in the
System Folder.

The only concrete fact I have found on this issue is that INIT 31 in
the system file is an "INIT INIT", and looks for INITs in a file of
type INIT or RDEV in the system folder, and executes them on startup.

I was wondering if their was a similar INIT or other method for the
installation of FONTS/FONDS and DRVRs, so that the system folder does
not need to be changed everytime a new font or DA is required.

(I already know about Other..., dblDA, etc, and putting resources in
applications, sorry to those in oz who have already seen this message)

thanks for any advice.
-- 
Frank Ng				ACSnet:	frankng@basser
Basser Department of Computer Science	ARPA:	frankng%basser.oz@seismo.css.gov
University of Sydney	NSW 2006	UUCP:	seismo!munnari!basser.oz!frankng
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From: frankng@basser.oz (Frank Ng)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: resources in other files in the blessed folder
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Date: Thu, 15-Jan-87 18:09:23 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 15 18:09:23 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 17-Jan-87 00:12:49 EST
Organization: Dept. of Comp. Science, Uni of Sydney, Australia
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Keywords: fonts, inits, DAs, system folder