Re: What are "Finder.out" and SIOUX?
Re: What are "Finder.out" and SIOUX?
- Subject: Re: What are "Finder.out" and SIOUX?
- From: Ian King <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 03:35:15 +0100
Hi Bill,
Seen it before, just a few minutes ago,
while researching about modem problems.
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From: Bill Cheeseman
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I am reposting to this list the message below, which I initially posted to
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macosx-talk a few minutes ago. The reason I'm posting it here is that the
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problem occurred while I was scripting the Finder. On the other list, I was
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told that SIOUX is "Simple Input Output User Interface" and is part of Code
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Warrior. I don't use Code Warrior. Has anybody seen this before?
From OS 9.x, Modem Country Selector;
cobalt .LeapIn .InternalModemIn .LeapOut .InternalModemOut "!x "d} About
SIOUX;(- FileD(New...;(Open...;(Close...;Save/S;(-;Page
Setup;Print.../P;(-;Quit/Q
Edit8(Undo/Z;(-;(Cut/X;(Copy/C;Paste/V;(Clear;(-;Select All/A Save document
as...Page: :,SIOUX state: %idle. 0handling output. /handling input.
;application has terminated. 8application has aborted. SIOUX TextWindow
%SIOUX !Simple Input/Output User eXchange 8By: Berardino E. Baratta
Metrowerks Inc. 1993-1997
Nuff said, what?
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Can anybody tell me what this is all about? --
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I have an empty Finder window on my screen named "Finder.out".
Where did that come from?
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I cannot
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activate it by clicking in it or its title bar. I can activate it by
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choosing it in Finder's Window menu. But even then I can't move it by
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dragging its title bar, and I can't drag and drop Finder items into it. Only
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its minimize button is enabled, and I can minimize it to the Dock and
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maximize it back. Its close button and Finder's Close Window menu item are
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disabled, and Command-W doesn't close it, either.
Reserved Name misuse?
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The menu bar at the top of the screen has three new menus to the right of
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the usual Finder menus. They are named "Finder," "File," and "Edit." I can
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open all of them. The first item in the second "Finder" menu is "About
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SIOUX," but choosing it doesn't open an about box.
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I'm running Mac OS X 10.2.1. I've just been doing a lot of AppleScript work,
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scripting the Finder.
Any newly added scripting additions?
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I've heard of SIOUX, but I can't remember what it is,
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and I haven't installed it as far as I know -- unless it's part of the
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system or something else that I have installed.
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