Re: [MacPerl] useful (albeit silly) Mac OS hint

[Steve Hideg <hideg@saintmarys.edu>]

At 4:04 PM -0800 3/24/00, Don Arbow wrote:
>On 3/24/00 at 2:31 PM, rdm@cfcl.com (Rich Morin) wrote:
>>  Specifically, I went to the Finder and hit Cmd-M, creating a folder.  I
>>  then changed the name to "<<<<<<" and Cmd-dragged it to sit next to the
>>  "thumb" on the application's slider bar.  Every so often, as I edit the
>>  file, I do a "Save", then move the icon down a bit.  It's really silly,
>>  but it actually turns out to be very useful.
>>
>>
>
>I do that, but instead I put a left arrow on a post-it note and stick it to
>my screen.  This is much faster and works better that having to move the
>"pointer" icon on the desktop, especially when other apps obscure the
>desktop..
>
>This is a good use for the builtin stickies.
>
>Don

I just use the split window mode in BBEdit.

++Steve

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Steve Hideg
Technical Support Specialist,  Saint Mary's College,  Notre Dame IN
<hideg@saintmarys.com>
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