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By: David K. Every
& Daniel Fanton
(C) Copyright 1999 DKE - All Rights Reserved.
ResEdit
(2.1.3)
ResEdit is Apple's Freeware Utility (that has been around as long as the Mac) to enable programmers and others to alter Resources. (ResEdit is short for RESource EDITor). Since it is a geeks tool, and geeks love Eggs -- why it has some of course.
PigMode
- Hold down the Apple, Option, and Shift keys while selecting"About ResEdit" in the Apple Menu
The message "Start Pig Mode" will flash on the screen and an oink sound is heard.
Now Pig Mode is actually a hidden feature and not an egg (but let's not pick nits). "Pig Mode" is used for more advanced programming. When you put ResEdit into "Pig Mode", resources will be compacted and purged each time ResEdit goes through its event loop (several times a second). Basically this means it will slow down the system, so I don't recommend you turn it on for any length of time. But for programmers to really stress their code, it was nice to test with some other poorly behaved program in the background trying to steal all your memory (and scramble it) and take up all the processor time. This was before later versions of Microsoft Word (6.0 and above) were released and did this better. If you turn on pig mode, while running ResEdit from a floppy disk, the computer will "oink" a few times each second (most easily heard on an old Plus in a quiet room). But your machine might crash, so beware!
If you choose to start "Pig Mode", you may repeat the previous action to see "Stop Pig Mode" (no oink) appear.
Hidden Dialog
- While holding Command and Option, select "About ResEdit" from the Apple Menu.
You will see some credits:
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