BKRESEDT.RVW  941103
 
"ResEdit Complete", Alley/Strange, 1994, 0-201-62686-1, U$34.95/C$44.95
%A   Peter Alley
%A   Carolyn Strange
%C   1 Jacob Way, Reading, MA   01867-9984
%D   1994
%G   0-201-62686-1
%I   Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
%O   U$34.95/C$44.95 416-4475101 fax 416-4430948 800-8226339 Fax 617-9447273
%O   73171.657@Compuserve.com tiffanym@aw.com leslies@aw.com barbarw@aw.com
%P   431
%T   "ResEdit Complete"
 
I'm not sure that I could go along with "complete", but then, very few people
will share my specialized fields of interest.  For the adventurous Mac user,
this is not only an excellent introduction, but a valuable reference which will
be useful for a long time to come.
 
The book concentrates almost exclusively on the interface aspects of the
Macintosh system.  An initial section describes the operation of ResEdit,
itself. Three parts then look at user level resource editing.  A final part
five discusses the uses of ResEdit for the programmer.
 
ResEdit can make powerful changes to the system, and many Mac users see it as a
dangerous tool.  The book repeatedly advises to perform experiments on copies
of files and resources.  The authors also recommend that this type of activity
only be done after you are thoroughly familiar with your system.  Within these
limits, however, the book is easily accessible to any reasonably intelligent
reader.
 
An excellent guide for those wanting a *completely* personal computer--or who
want to know more about how it actually works.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1994   BKRESEDT.RVW  941103

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