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From: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Re: System 7.0: Interesting Times
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Date: Fri, 17 May 1991 16:38:03 GMT

In article <19650@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>, leue@galen.crd.ge.com (Bill Leue) writes:
>First, an important WARNING!!  If you are using Suitcase II, make
>ABSOLUTELY SURE that it is disabled before you drag fonts in or out
>of any suitcase file or the System!!!  If you forget, you WILL get a
>bomb (Bus Error), and if you had been moving stuff in the System, you
>may end up with a corrupted System and have to reinstall, or worse.

A-ha!  That may very well be why my fiancee gets "System File is
damaged" when she tries to open up her System File - she's a Suitcase
addict, and I'm willing to bet she left it on...

>A minor mystery:  does anyone know what the "Startup" folder in the
>System Folder is for?

It's for defining applications that you wish to have startup
automagically upon startup.  Put the app (or an alias of it) in the
"Startup Folder", and when you reboot it'll start right up.  (I'm
using this for Darkside Of The Mac...)

>The 7.0 Installer puts PostScript
>Type 1 fonts into the extensions folder, and TT and bitmap fonts into the
>System.

If it isn't a bitmap or TrueType font, it's definitely a 2nd class
citizen.  People are definitely going to prefer TrueType just for the
convenience factor (drag to install, double-click to examine).

---
Jim Gaynor - AgVAX System Manager - Academic Computing - Ohio State University
VMS:<gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu>  UNIX:<gaynor@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Disclaimer : All opinions expressed here are mine and only mine.  So there!
Witty Quote: "Think, think, think, think..." - Winnie-the-Pooh, Taoist Bear.
