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From: Stefan on 10 Jan 2010 05:26 Am 10.01.10 02:45, schrieb nospam: >> Actually, it might be more complicated. Back in pre-OSX, the cursor was >> hard coded in ROM. There was a control panel which even substituted it >> with an animated cursor, but it did so by using some really dirty tricks. > it's not dirty at all, just patch getcursor and patching was completely > supported, no hacks needed. Just substituting the cursor was pretty simple. Substituting it with an *animated* cursor however was really tricky. But those times are gone. > unsanity on the other hand, uses hacks to do all sorts of nasty stuff. This might be the reason why many of those hacks don't work anymore in 10.6.
From: nospam on 10 Jan 2010 06:19 In article <9b5c4$4b49ab56$d9a2cc35$4313(a)news.hispeed.ch>, Stefan <stefan(a)mus._INVALID.ch> wrote: > >> Actually, it might be more complicated. Back in pre-OSX, the cursor was > >> hard coded in ROM. There was a control panel which even substituted it > >> with an animated cursor, but it did so by using some really dirty tricks. > > > it's not dirty at all, just patch getcursor and patching was completely > > supported, no hacks needed. > > Just substituting the cursor was pretty simple. Substituting it with an > *animated* cursor however was really tricky. But those times are gone. true, but it wasn't too bad. my point is that patching traps was supported and often encouraged. it was very powerful, and minor bugs could cause major problems. > > unsanity on the other hand, uses hacks to do all sorts of nasty stuff. > > This might be the reason why many of those hacks don't work anymore in 10.6. and none too soon.
From: Leonard Blaisdell on 10 Jan 2010 21:43 In article <jollyroger-A269A6.13231309012010(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > Right. But if Mighty Mouse can do it, so can you. You just need to > figure out which resources to change, etc. While that may not be > something all Mac users can do on their own, the point is it can be done. Is there an OSX Leopard and above software equivalent to ResEdit which used to be useful for mucking about in rsrc files? I see that they made a compatible version up through 10.5, but you had to have Classic installed. I wouldn't be surprised if it only worked on the Classic part of the system. I suppose I could create something unique by google and peck if I needed to. leo
From: nospam on 10 Jan 2010 22:05 In article <leoblaisdell-B6412C.18430110012010(a)News.Individual.NET>, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Is there an OSX Leopard and above software equivalent to ResEdit which > used to be useful for mucking about in rsrc files? I see that they made > a compatible version up through 10.5, but you had to have Classic > installed. I wouldn't be surprised if it only worked on the Classic part > of the system. I suppose I could create something unique by google and > peck if I needed to. resorcerer is os x native, although it has some minor issues. no classic required though. <http://www.mathemaesthetics.com/ResorcererIndex.html>
From: Leonard Blaisdell on 10 Jan 2010 23:52
In article <100120101905454145%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > resorcerer is os x native, although it has some minor issues. no > classic required though. > > <http://www.mathemaesthetics.com/ResorcererIndex.html> I remember Resorcerer! Googling shows that it requires 'Appearance Manager' and is a bit more expensive than I could justify just for myself. I'm running Snow Leopard. I couldn't zero in on 'Appearance Manager' working with this version of the OS. Nevertheless, thanks. leo |