Servant A New Shell For The Macintosh

Servant A New Shell for the Macintosh Frogram by Andy Hertzfeld Documentation by Scott Kronick Servant A New Shell for the Macintosh .Program by Andy Hertzfeld Documentation by Scott Kronick Copyright © 1987 by Scott Kronick All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author. Printed in the United States of America. Products that are known by the author to be claimed as trademarks appear in initial caps. This publication is intended for informational purposes only and is subject to change without notice. The author assumes no liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this text. Contents 1 Introduction to Servant How is the manual organized? What hardware and system versions does Servant require? How is Servant being released? Where can I send feedback about Servant? 7 Chapter 1: Exploring the New Desktop Starting Servant Using the Cursor to Push and Select Selecting More than One Icon or Selecting None Bringing the Entire Desktop into View Viewing Size and Information Formats 21 Chapter 2: Adding Special Touches Making Custom Icons and Using Folder Tricks Setting the Background and the Startup Application Making Servant Talk 33 Chapter 3: Using the Desktop and Applications Together Launching an Application Switching between an Application and the Desktop Adding Another Application Switching Tips 45 Chapter 4: Exploring Resources Understanding Resources Opening a Resource Playing with the System and its Desktop Icons 57 Chapter 5: Servant Reference Annotated List of Features Topic Index to Features Graphic Index to Features Introduction to Servant When you turn on a Macintosh and Insert a disk, you expect to see a desktop and Its icons. This is the starting point for you to work with disks and launch applications. Servant replaces the old starting point (created by the Finder program in the System Folder) with a more powerful desktop that is an accessible part of your work environment at all times. As the central application between you and your disks, Servant will: • Perform desktop tasks faster, more conveniently, and more informatively. • Allow you to keep open numerous applications and disk windows at the same time, and to switch from one to another instantly by clicking in an application or disk window. • Give you the ability to modify an application by directly accessing and editing its resources . • • • On the Impetus for Servant Servant is a replacement for Apple's Finder program. A lot of programs like spreadsheets, word processors, and database programs are constantly improving. Every month there's a new one coming out that ups the ante a little bit and forces all 1 the people who have the other ones to improve their product to make it better and better and better. That's just the best si…