Servant A New Shell For The Macintosh

Servant A New Shell for the Macintosh Program by Andy·Hertzfeld Documentation by Scott Kronick If you wish your name to be placed on the Documentation Update' mailing list, please fill out this page and send it to: Servant Documentation Update 1442A Walnut Street. Suite 278 Berkeley. CA 94709 You can also use this form to order additional copies of the Servant documentation and Scott Kronick's programming textbooks. Please enclose a check or money order only, made out to "Sco" Kronick." Prices include postage. __Servant: A New Shell for the Macintosh ($10.00) __MPW and Assembly Language Programming ($24.95) __Macintosh Pascal Illustrated: The Fear and Loathing Guide ($16.95) __Instant Pascal Illustrated: Fear and Loathing on the Apple II ($18.95) Name ___________________________________ Street~ Ci~ _________________________________ ___________________________________ State and Zip Code________________ Did you obtain Servant through a friend, electronic service, users group or other? ___________________ Servant A New Shell for the Macintosh ,Program by Andy Hertzteld 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 …