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> >One of the things that I BELIEVE to be true about the new version of the
> >FINDER is that it no longer supports the Command-Shift-3 function (or the
> >Command-Shift-4 function for that matter)....  
> 
> I'm not sure, but I believe its the System that puts this routine into the
> event manager. Anyway, all versions I've ever seen do support these routines.
> However, if your disk is locked, the event manager will call SysBeep 
> without putting up any dialog boxes ( ie, re:disk locked ) and, of course,
> fail to write anything on the disk.

Command-shift-mumble stuff is implemented with FKEY resources.  If it
were true that some future version did not come with your favorite functions
built in, you could just cut out the old FKEY's from the old system file
and paste them into the new one.

As an example of this technique, the QUEAR (quick eject and reset) resource
came in at least two forms: DA (DRVR, actually) and FKEY.  The FKEY was
number 9, so command-shift-9 made your Mac burp.
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