Finder Pop 1.9.2 Manual

In the time-honoured tradition of using the previous manual as kindling for the next manual, we present... The Book of Words Manual Updated (03 December 2000) Work In Progress -- latest versions always available at www.finderpop.com If you think I've forgotten anything, mail me! New in 1.9.2: More bugfixes, better Multiple User support, that little FinderPop68KProxy.app applet for grab-and-drag is now installed on demand, a new Lock/Unlock "FinderPoplet" (written in AppleScript!), there's a new "Repopup" Key (defaults to ENTER -- this pops up a new contextual menu on whatever you select from a FP menu), Sort by Label, the mbar!!!! and fsel!!!! extensions , and no installer so "Bovine Phlegmatic" still has something to vex him. FinderPop will not work natively on OS X. See the FAQ. New or changed bits in the manual are in this awful colour. Contents Introduction - what is this FinderPop thingy, anyway? Installation and uninstallation The Basics and A Quick Look at what FinderPop can do for you The FinderPop Control Panel The Appearance, Options, AutoPopup, Behaviour, Keys, Items, and About subpanels. Some FinderPop Enhancements Set File Creator/Type and File Open/Save Dialog enhancements. FinderPoplets (or FinderPop Extensions) Bugs & Troubleshooting Things you probably didn't know about FinderPop and more you didn't want to know FAQ me! Frequently Asked Questions (and some of their answers) Colophon - legal niceties and contact info What is FinderPop? Hmmm. Good question. FinderPop is a control panel that extends Mac OS 8 or 9's contextual menus using a FinderPop Items Folder, much as the Apple Menu Items folder does for the Apple menu. Some people think of it as a launcher that takes up zero screen real estate, merely a click on any blank area of menubar away. Others see it as a handy filesystem browser, allowing quick and easy access to their files in the Finder, as well as enhancing navigation in the Standard File and Navigation Services dialogs, as well as in "Path Popups." Still others see it merely as a means to get a Windows menu in the Finder by option-clicking a blank area of menubar, or an Applications menu by command-clicking a blank menubar area. A few foolhardy souls claim that the FinderPoplets and the Set File Type mechanism are worth a mention. A few more think that control-free popup also works fairly well. It's not quite a kitchen sink, but it's getting close. (In fact, certain unkind ex-users have suggested that it's like another -- less salubrious -- piece of household plumbing, which modesty forbids me to name.) Oh, did we mention that it does a nicer Hierarchical Apple Menu than Apple Menu Options? Since the manual that …