Re: Write a prefs file
Re: Write a prefs file
- Subject: Re: Write a prefs file
- From: garbanzito <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 20:52:30 -0600
at 2002 05 30, 12:07 +1000, they whom i call Ric Phillips wrote:
Mmmm, the source?
....and I quote:
"Before Mac OS X and Carbon, application resources were put in the resource
fork of the application executable. That policy has now changed. In Mac OS X
and for Carbon applications generally, resources should be put in the data
fork of a separate resource file, not the resource fork of the executable."
that quote is a little narrow to be applicable to the
general case (though it's a smart idea for application
prefs, i think). also the fact that Apple uses resource
forks in new ways on Mac OS X. for example, if you use the
Show Info window to change the "open with" application, and
don't click "Change All...", then a resource is added to the
file. i suspect some engineer responsible for this feature
wisely realized the resource fork was the perfect place for
this information.
--
steve harley email@hidden
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