Terminal Dock Command?

[JCorn2]

I was just reading the new version of MacAddict and they were talking about a third dock command besides the genie and scale effects. They described it as a terminal command. If anyone knows anything about this or the actual command I would appreciate the info!
Thanks,
Joe

 

[wrldwzrd89]

I was just reading the new version of MacAddict and they were talking about a third dock command besides the genie and scale effects. They described it as a terminal command. If anyone knows anything about this or the actual command I would appreciate the info!
Thanks,
Joe

They're probably referring to this:

From Sams Publishing
TIP


There are three built-in minimizing effects for Mac OS X, two of which (Genie and Scale) are accessible in the Dock Preference panel. You can switch between the three effects manually by using the following commands within the Terminal window:


The standard Genie effect:

defaults write com.apple.Dock mineffect genie


An aptly named suck effect:

defaults write com.apple.Dock mineffect suck


A simple window scaling:

defaults write com.apple.Dock mineffect scale

These commands must be entered in at the Terminal window, hence "Terminal Dock Command".

 

[bousozoku]

They're probably referring to this:

These commands must be entered in at the Terminal window, hence "Terminal Dock Command".

That's funny that they're making up terminolgy.

Besides, you can use the property list editor to do it, and it's less error-prone.

 

[OSX Panther]

ok

im a bit new to mac and i hardly can anythithing with terminal, but. What do these commands really do? And what is the property list editor?

 

[wrldwzrd89]

im a bit new to mac and i hardly can anythithing with terminal, but. What do these commands really do? And what is the property list editor?

These commands change the minimize effect for the Dock. Using the GUI, the cool-looking but slow Genie effect and the much simpler scale effect can be selected. Using the Terminal or Property List Editor, a third effect can be selected - a suck effect. The Property List Editor comes with Apple's free developer tools, called Xcode. If you've used Mac OS X 10.2 and heard about Project Builder - Xcode is Project Builder's replacement. The Property List Editor is a utility used to modify .plist files. Property Lists (.plist extension) are the preferred preferences format for Mac OS X applications.