Re: Expert Plus Mode

Jeff Lee (shipbrk@gate.net)
Thu, 07 Sep 1995 12:04:54 -0400

>1) Zoomer locks up when switching from ink to graffiti text (In notebook)

Never had this problem. (I wish there was a way to get the notebook to
automatically boot up in text mode, rather than ink mode. Anybody know
if this can be accomplish'd?)

>2) Closing filemanger or Launcher reboots zoomer (I suspect by design)

After the last app is closed, GEOS will exit. I just keep File Manager
around; sometimes I'll minimize it to keep it active but get it out of
the way.

>3) Is there any way to ditch the express menu?

Yes. The lowest two bits of the expressOptions line in the [uiFeatures]
section of net.ini control the express menu placement:

0 : none
1 : top primary
2 : below screen lower left (the "launcher" icon on the Zoomer)

If expressOptions is odd, just add 1 to move it to the launcher icon, or
subtract 1 to get rid of it altogether.

>4) Is there a way to show multiple file windows (i.e. show drive B and C to
> drag and drop between them?)

Not as far as I know. I'd be happy to be wrong, though!

>5) Any way to by pass the setup stuff everytime I have to reboot? (Since it
>locks up alot now)

Set defaultLauncher in the [uiFeatures] section to the program you want
to start with. For example, if you want to boot up to the File Manager,
use

[uiFeatures]
defaultLauncher=Utilities\File Manager

>6) Some programs seem a lot slower to load (i.e. preferences)

Yeah. Because no state files are created in Expert+ mode, the programs have
to start up from scratch. Annoying, but (IMHO) worth the additional benefits
provided.

Hope this helps.
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