Date: Sun, 16 May 93 21:08:23 -0700 From: Bill Dugan This is a little app that takes 20K of memory and opens a big black window that covers your entire startup monitor. I wrote this one day because it bothered me that Microprose's game Civilization doesn't entirely hide the desktop, yet it changes the palette all the time, so every time the palette is changed, the Finder sees the need to redraw every single icon that sits on your desktop, even if "Hide Finder" is on. So now I run the Background Hider application, hide it, launch Civilization, go through the initial alerts to generate my world, choose "Hide Others," switch to Background Hider, and switch back to Civ. It does seem to make play a tiny bit faster than it is without Background Hider. bdugan@gnu.ai.mit.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (This file must be converted with BinHex 4.0) :%%*KBfYRFQpeEQ3J5'PNCA)!39"36%*PC@`J!*!(&*Vae!#3"!%!N!-5i3!!%H% !!!'jFf8JF(*PFh-J6dXJG'mJF(*[Bf9PC#k3!`#3!c3!!JB93Q&MDfGbEh9ZC#" )D@4PFL"MEh"j!J#3!d&38%a#C3!!39"36%*PC@`K!!"%!&!!N"+S("kp!*!'&*S 4BfPMEJ)#"!!!3J!iBfPMEJ#3""&MFR0b!J)%!!!b!#KMFR0b!*!%%8098P-!!J3 !!$)!+%098P-!N!344&*@8J!!"!#3"8459P)!N!344dj56!#3#%G18N`!N!34D@0 X0!)#"!!!3J!iD@0X1!#3""&TBf`!N!-5!*!$!3!!#N*TCb"AD@jNEhF!N!3%!-` !bJ#3"J+J!&!!!8kk!RT1ZJ)`6VS"KNkk!!41G5m(B!!!KN)R2ccrrdKYrp3[2!r rN!0#TkKJ5KpRE$!Yrp3-3!!'BQ*$qJ"Xd%$5m3!!6Y&#CbmYrpj)EImUU5`q(c! 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