Re: Creating a folder on the desktop
Re: Creating a folder on the desktop
- Subject: Re: Creating a folder on the desktop
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 20:47:57 +1000
- Thread-topic: Creating a folder on the desktop
On 7/9/05 7:20 PM, "has" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Wrong. There are a few applications that ignore the SIG and optionally allow
> HFS path strings to be passed (e.g. Finder, InDesign), and there may be one or
> two brain-addled ones that actually require it, but the vast majority use file
> objects which individual languages can represent textually in any form they
> like (e.g. Python creates and displays alias and file objects using POSIX
> paths). Deprecating use of HFS paths would be a complete non-issue for most
> applications, and a minor one for the rest as it doesn't prevent their use
> (merely highlights how naughty they are).
There are other, subtle issues. For example, most apps have a name property
for documents. What are you going to return for a file that appears in the
Finder as "Stuff 7/9"? If you keep returning "Stuff 7/9", you're going to
make building paths a more painful business.
--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
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