Anyone try out or use the System 7.6.1 Rootless app yet?

[CkWeb]

I'm posting on a small emulation application Ed Mendelson has worked on. I am really enjoying playing around with it and just when i had given it my umpteenth tweak, I came across a stubborn preference that won't submit to any mods I've thrown at it so far. It's the small but ever visible highlight color preference. It defaults back to black on white no matter what I've hit it with!

Here's the page it's hosted at: https://mendelson.org/macos9osx.html#rootless

Main issue: the highlight color can be changed just fine, but it goes back to black upon a reboot

Here are a few things I've tried within the Basilisk II emulated volume already:
· changed it in the Appearance CDEV · same issue whether or not it's enabled
· changed it in the Color CP · same as above whether both, either or neither are enabled
· tried to use an AppleScript app in startup items · caveat: it can't select a highlight color
· tried cementing it down locking the preference file but the black still reverts
· tried a the third party CDEV ClickChange! but it still defaults to black
· tried to zap the PRAM by switching color depth to 8 bit grey and back w/out success

I suspected something with the PRAM was being affected by the emulator (I tried to set somethings in the prefs, nuke the emulated PRAM, etc. to no avail as well) I found something along those lines as the app was being worked on over at Emaculation.com where it's got quite a history of its successful creation and subsequent evolution:

https://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12011

If anyone wants to see what's going on with the highlight setting (I really can't see much else being affected outside of a random 3rd party CP like TaskMenuBar showing up as unregistered but opening it it shows otherwise, thankfully that went away by itself!) I'd be eternally grateful! It really is a fun app to play around with if anyone hasn't tried it yet!

I'd love for the fix to be something super easy, but those quick fixes are rarely the norm!

 

[adespoton]

You might want to check with Ed to see where that variant stores its PRAM file. Because the issue is definitely either 1. the PRAM file isn't storing the change, or 2. the PRAM file is getting overwritten after you change the setting.

No need to "zap" the PRAM; it's stored (somewhere) in an invisible file. But I know BII has a bunch of hacks, and Rootless has a bunch more on top of that. I haven't looked through the source in over 3 years, so I can't remember exactly how things are being patched WRT PRAM.

 

[CkWeb]

You might want to check with Ed to see where that variant stores its PRAM file. Because the issue is definitely either 1. the PRAM file isn't storing the change, or 2. the PRAM file is getting overwritten after you change the setting.

No need to "zap" the PRAM; it's stored (somewhere) in an invisible file. But I know BII has a bunch of hacks, and Rootless has a bunch more on top of that. I haven't looked through the source in over 3 years, so I can't remember exactly how things are being patched WRT PRAM.

Thanks Adespoton! That was exactly next move!