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QuickLaunch by Steve Stepenson and Seven Hills Software
QuickLaunch was written by Steve Stephenson and is fully copyrighted by Seven Hills Software Corporation, 1991-1992. Seven Hills Software has allowed Apple to include QuickLaunch on the Apple IIGS System Software v.6.0 Golden Master CD to help show off some of the potential power of Finder extensions under System 6.0.
QuickLaunch allows users to add the names of their favorite applications to the "Extras" menu of the System 6.0 Finder. Those applications can then be launched simply by selecting them from the "Extras" menu!
More information on how to use QuickLaunch can be found by installing it (copy it into your boot disk's "System:System.Setup" folder and reboot) and then selecting "QuickLaunch List..." from the "Extras" menu in the Finder. QuickLaunch has a complete online help system built into it (nice touch, Steve!). Please take a few minutes to read the help given under the topic of "General".
Enjoy!
Seven Hills Software
4/92
o a comma (or vice versa, if you're using a foreign keyboard
layout that normally generates a comma for that key). It does not affect the
period or comma on the main part of the keyboard. It is compatible with all
IIgs software: the effect resides entirely in the ADB (Apple Desktop Bus)
microcontroller, and requires no cooperation from the currently running
program. PerCom is supplied in two formats: a temporary INIT file that
initiates the effect every time you boot your computer, and a CDA (Classic
Desk Accessory) that allows you to initiate the effect whenever you need it.
In both cases, the effect is cancelled anytime you enter the CDA Menu or the
Control Panel. If you have the CDA version installed, you can use it to
reenable the effect after it gets cancelled.
INSTALLATION:
You may install either the CDA or INIT version, or both. In either case all
you have to do is copy the appropriate file into a specific subdirectory
(folder) on the disk volume that you boot from. Putting the files on non-boot
disks, even if they're in the right subdirectory, has no effect. Putting the
files on a boot disk but in the wrong subdirectory also accomplishes nothing.
To install the CDA version:
Copy PERCOMCDA into the SYSTEM:DESK.ACCS subdirectory.
To install the INIT version:
Copy PERCOMINIT into the SYSTEM:SYSTEM.SETUP subdirectory.
They will be available whenever you boot the disk they are installed on.
Carefully consider the consequences before installing the INIT version: for
most people, the CDA version alone will be sufficient.
USING PERCOM:
There is nothing to using the INIT version: it has no user interface, and
produces no visible effect other than the changed identity of the keypad key.
The CDA version is accessed like any other CDA: press Control-Apple-Escape to
access the CDA Menu, use the arrow keys to hilite PerCom (it will appear as
'Toggle keypad period/comma'), and hit Return to enable the key swapping. The
item in the CDA Menu will change to 'Toggle keypad comma/period' to provide
visual feedback that your choice has been accepted. The order in which
'period' and 'comma' are given is not meaningful, as PerCom has no way of
knowing whether the keypad key is currently generating periods or commas: all
it can do is swap the key from one to the other. You must reselect PerCom
every time you visit the CDA Menu for any reason, to keep the effect active.
To turn PerCom's effect off, whether started from the INIT or CDA version,
just access the CDA Menu (Control-Apple-Escape) and immediately exit.
THE END:
If you have any questions or comments about PerCom, send them to me at:
Jason Harper
CompuServe: 76703,4222
Internet: 76703.4222@compuserve.com