Creating dmg background's on Panther
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Has anyone noticed using the open panel of the Panther Finder to set
the background picture of an Icon view folder no longer allows hidden
directories (e.g .background)? This creates problems if you want to add
a background image to a .dmg file. Also, I can't seem to make my
directory always open in Icon view, regardless of the Finder preference
"Open new windows in column". Yet the Limewire .dmg somehow seems to do
it. Obviously something in the magical, mystical .DS_Store file would
allow both issues to be resolved, but that seems pretty impossible to
modify. I haven't been able to discover author of the limewire
procedure nor find a solution to pointing backgrounds to images within
a hidden directory. Any workarounds or solutions people can suggest?
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Leigh Smith
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On 9 Nov 2003, at 22:10, Leigh Smith wrote:
> Has anyone noticed using the open panel of the Panther Finder to set
> the background picture of an Icon view folder no longer allows hidden
> directories (e.g .background)? This creates problems if you want to
> add a background image to a .dmg file.
You can always hide the directory after picking from within it... I'm
pretty sure this is what I just did when setting up a CD master.
David Dunham A Sharp <david...>
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on 2003-11-10 1:10 AM, Leigh Smith at <leigh...> wrote:
> Has anyone noticed using the open panel of the Panther Finder to set
> the background picture of an Icon view folder no longer allows hidden
> directories (e.g .background)? This creates problems if you want to add
> a background image to a .dmg file. Also, I can't seem to make my
> directory always open in Icon view, regardless of the Finder preference
> "Open new windows in column"
Same here. It would be nice to have a solution other than booting into
Jaguar and using the old tools.
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On Nov 10, 2003, at 1:10 AM, Leigh Smith wrote:
> Has anyone noticed using the open panel of the Panther Finder to set
> the background picture of an Icon view folder no longer allows hidden
> directories (e.g .background)?
From any open or save panel you can type Cmd-Shift-G and a "Go To
Directory" sheet will appear which will let you enter the path of any
directory including hidden directories.
In COCOA apps in fact you can just start typing a path starting with
"~" or "/" and the panel will appear automatically without even hitting
Cmd-Shift-G.
Completely non-intuitive but very handy once you know it exists.
- Chris
> This creates problems if you want to add a background image to a .dmg
> file. Also, I can't seem to make my directory always open in Icon
> view, regardless of the Finder preference "Open new windows in
> column". Yet the Limewire .dmg somehow seems to do it. Obviously
> something in the magical, mystical .DS_Store file would allow both
> issues to be resolved, but that seems pretty impossible to modify. I
> haven't been able to discover author of the limewire procedure nor
> find a solution to pointing backgrounds to images within a hidden
> directory. Any workarounds or solutions people can suggest?
> --
> Leigh Smith
> mailto:<leigh...>
> http://www.leighsmith.com
>
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This is how I do this both on Panther and Jaguar.
- Create disk image
- Create a ".background" directory in the disk image
- Create a symlink to the directory from your favourite terminal program
- Now set the background image by putting the image in the
symlink'd directory and setting the background in Finder prefs.
- Delete the symlink [drag it to the trash]
The background is now set and the image will remain.
Hope this helps,
Chris
On 10 Nov 2003, at 2:08 pm, Christopher Wolf wrote:
> On Nov 10, 2003, at 1:10 AM, Leigh Smith wrote:
>
>> Has anyone noticed using the open panel of the Panther Finder to set
>> the background picture of an Icon view folder no longer allows hidden
>> directories (e.g .background)?
>
> From any open or save panel you can type Cmd-Shift-G and a "Go To
> Directory" sheet will appear which will let you enter the path of any
> directory including hidden directories.
>
> In COCOA apps in fact you can just start typing a path starting with
> "~" or "/" and the panel will appear automatically without even
> hitting Cmd-Shift-G.
>
> Completely non-intuitive but very handy once you know it exists.
>
> - Chris
>
>> This creates problems if you want to add a background image to a .dmg
>> file. Also, I can't seem to make my directory always open in Icon
>> view, regardless of the Finder preference "Open new windows in
>> column". Yet the Limewire .dmg somehow seems to do it. Obviously
>> something in the magical, mystical .DS_Store file would allow both
>> issues to be resolved, but that seems pretty impossible to modify. I
>> haven't been able to discover author of the limewire procedure nor
>> find a solution to pointing backgrounds to images within a hidden
>> directory. Any workarounds or solutions people can suggest?
>> --
>> Leigh Smith
>> mailto:<leigh...>
>> http://www.leighsmith.com
>>
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