Re: hot key for unix expert preference

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From: Rich Andrews
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 02:08

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Jeff Fields (jfields@pinball.arcade.uiowa.edu) wrote:
: The way I handle this is to leave the Preferences in non-expert mode, 
: but put private/vm/swapfile up on the shelf. Then if I want to check my 
: swapfile size or change to expert mode, I just click there. If I want to switch back to non-expert mode, the Update Viewers (cmd-u) command takes care
: of that. Very easy.
: 
: Jeff Fields

Here is a nice idea too:  Edit /.hidden (3.0, 2.x?) and remove the files that
are frequently used (e.g. /tmp).  The /.hidden file will specify which root
level directories are hidden by the deselection of Preference's Unix Expert.

Rich Andrews
DIGICON Corporation

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