Short Finder As Finder.Txt

Recently Brian Gaeke posted an application called ShortFinder 1.0 (posted as util/short-finder-10.hqx). It can be used to launch or terminate processes. This includes the possibility of quitting the Finder if there is a (normal) Finder and it is running, or starting it if it is not running. ShortFinder uses about one-seventh the disk space of a regular System 7 Finder, and runs in far less RAM. This report shows how ShortFinder can be used as a Finder substitute on a high-density floppy disk to make a System 7 emergency disk. One can use ShortFinder without changing its name, creator, or type in addition to or in place of the regular Finder. It is obvious how to use it, and why one might want to use it, in addition to a regular Finder on a hard disk. It can also be used unmodified in place of a Finder on a floppy startup disk. To do this the System