Re: BUG: Where's Application Support?
Re: BUG: Where's Application Support?
- Subject: Re: BUG: Where's Application Support?
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 16:59:54 -0700
On 6/17/02 4:25 PM, "Christopher Nebel" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> What exactly is this .h "C Header Source File" type document that seems
>
> to be cropping up a lot. ... I suspect that sometimes it may just be a
>
> sort of default for "no known file type" - is that true? My system
>
> likes to think that Project Builder is the default app to open them,
>
> but they open fine in TextEdit.
>
>
A "C Header Source File", as you might guess from the name, is a header
>
file for compiling C code. (A "header" file contains declarations of
>
stuff that's used elsewhere; compare "source" file, which contains
>
definitions and real code.) Assuming you've got Project Builder
>
installed, any file with no type or creator and an extension of ".h"
>
will claim to be a C Header Source File. Ultimately, they're just text,
>
so TextEdit has no problem with them, but they're generally more useful
>
in Project Builder.
Thanks for the information, Chris. The reason why I wondered if "C Header
Source File" might be some sort of default for "no file type" documents is
because both of the following types of files appear on my computer as that
type of file, with a large "h" icon or sometimes totally blank:
1) Tab-delimited text files generated by Palm Desktop 4.0 for OS X. No
extension and, I think, no file type.
2) .csv text files generated by Outlook Windows on a PC and appearing on the
PC with an Excel icon (as they always seem to). They have .csv extensions,
and no file type. This is true also in Virtual PC. When they arrive on the
Mac they become blank (usually) files that OS X tells me are C Header
Source Files.
No. 2) might just indicate a somewhat bewildered File Exchange (or whatever
it's called in OS X). But no. 1 is rather odd.
--
Paul Berkowitz
_______________________________________________
applescript-users mailing list | email@hidden
Help/Unsubscribe/Archives:
http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/applescript-users
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.