Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 23:37:23 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Johnston To: macgifts@sumex-aim.stanford.edu Subject: FinderPrefs7.sit -- wider name field for Finder views The archive "FinderPreferences7.sit contains three patched replacements for the default Finder Preferences file for System 7, which has been altered to provide a wider name field for Finder list views. This is submitted "as-is" -- it works as advertised on my machine running 7.5, and should be compatible with earlier 7.x versions. Please don't hassle the author -- but if someone wants to send me a copy of the hacked ResEdit version that was used to make these, I'd be willing to take a crack at making a few more. -- Bill Johnston (johnston@me.udel.edu) -- 38 Chambers Street; Newark, DE 19711; (302)368-1949 >From the ReadMe file: Custom "Finder Preferences" files for System 7.x, created with "ResEdit 2.1.1+fvew ed", by John Carlsen, Thu, Feb 4, 1993. If you have been unsatisfied with Apple's System 7.x formatting of text-view windows in the Finder (view by name, view by date), etc., these files may be for you. Any one of the three "Finder Preferences" files included in this package, "Finder Preferences-0" "Finder Preferences-ver" "Finder Preferences-ver,size" can be renamed to "Finder Preferences" by deleting the trailing characters and then copied into the Preferences folder to replace the Apple-default one. Then you must restart your Mac. These files will change the text-view formatting in Finder windows: 1. Most noticeable will be the much wider "Name" field--wide enough to never truncate a file name or folder name. If you open a folder by clicking on the triangle icon to the left of the folder icon, the entire column will automatically widen to accomodate the hierarchically presented contents (they will not be truncated either). Later, when you close the folder the column width will return to the previous width. 2. The Size field will be a little wider, to accommodate huge folder sizes. 3. The Kind field will be a little narrower. 4. The Last Modified filed is narrower, and uses the short date format with no weekday. I.e., mm/dd/yy, hh:mm AM. This may be a little different on your system if you have changed the format by another means. 5. There are no Labels or Comments fields. 6. (With "Finder Preferences-ver") Adds Version field at end. 7. (With "Finder Preferences-ver,size") Adds Version field, and shows calculated folder sizes as well as application sizes. Very slow on slower Macs or huge disks. Why these particular three formats? I like them. I spent hours making these for my own use, and was not about to make hundreds of such files for all the possible combinations of "Show xxxx" choices in the Views control panel. I hope you like them. BUT.... There is a catch! 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