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XManager
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by Bill Tudor
Copyright (c) 1993-94
All Rights Reserved
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Introduction
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XManager is an Apple IIgs Finder Extension init file that allows you
to manage all your other Finder Extensions. You can check on the current
memory usage of installed extensions, and you can install and remove
them "on the fly" while the Finder is running.
Installation
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Copy the file "XManager" to your "System.Setup" folder on the boot
disk and re-boot.
- OR -
Copy the file "XManager" to a folder named "FinderExtras" located in the
"System" folder on the boot disk, then re-run the Finder.
XManager REQUIRES: IR to install extensions
System 6.0.1 or greater
Using XManager
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After XManager is installed, run the Finder and choose the "XManager..."
menu item from under the "Extras" menu. You will be presented with the
XManager dialog window. This window contains two lists. The list on the
left shows all of your installed Finder Extensions, their current memory
requirements, and the total memory used by all of them. The list on the
right displays all of your inactive (not loaded) Finder Extensions.
Note: | An "inactive" Finder Extension is a Finder Extension in
| your FinderExtras folder that has been marked as inactive,
| i.e., the inactive check box in the Finder's "Icon Info"
| dialog has been checked. An inactive Finder Extension
| remains on disk when the Finder is running and is not
| loaded into memory.
To install an inactive Finder Extension, select the file and click
the "<<Install" button. The file will move over to the "Installed"
list. To remove an installed Finder Extension, select the file and
click the "Remove>>" button. The file will move over to the inactive
list and be removed from memory. This extension will not be loaded
the next time you run the Finder as it will be marked "inactive". To
activate it again, either use XManager to activate it on the fly or
un-check the inactive box in the Finder's "Icon Info" dialog for the
file. Then it will become active the next time you use the Finder.
When you are finished, click the "Done" button.
Please note that after XManager installs a Finder Extension, you will
not be able to remove that extension until you exit the XManager
dialog (click done). This is because the extension must be given a
chance to intitialize itself before it can be removed again. Finder
Extensions installed by XManager are not "fully" installed until you
click the "Done" button.
If you make a mistake and install a Finder Extension that you want to
remain inactive, just click the done button, then select "XManager..."
from the "Extras" menu again and you will be able to remove it.
Important: | There are some Finder Extensions that cannot be removed
| from memory. These will appear in italics in the installed
| list and you will not be able to select them. An example
| is XManager itself. You cannot use XManager to remove
| XManager as an extension cannot remove itself.
Revision: Date:
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v1.0 <original> 12/13/93
Bill Tudor