Re: Osaxen and Intel MBP's or iMacs
Re: Osaxen and Intel MBP's or iMacs
- Subject: Re: Osaxen and Intel MBP's or iMacs
- From: Matt Neuburg <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 13:08:28 -0800
- Thread-topic: Osaxen and Intel MBP's or iMacs
On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 10:38:26 +0900, Takaaki Naganoya <email@hidden> said:
>On 06.3.4 3:51 AM, "Christopher Nebel" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> On Mar 2, 2006, at 7:57 PM, Paul Berkowitz wrote:
>>
>>> On 3/2/06 11:45 AM, "Christopher Nebel" <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Single-file applications
>>>> ("Application" in the format menu) are always saved PPC-only, so no
>>>> worries there.
>>> Thanks for all the info, Chris.
>>>
>>> I just want to make sure I understand this comment (like Shane).
>>> Are you
>>> saying that even on an MacIntel, single file Applications saved
>>> from Script
>>> Editor are saved as PPC-only? How peculiar, if so. Why?
>>>
>>> Or did you mean (in answer to my specific question) that on a PPC
>>> machine
>>> (only) single file Applications saved from Script Editor are saved as
>>> PPC-only, but on a MacIntel they are saved as Universal?
>>
>> "Always" means always. There are no differences in the saved file
>> format, regardless of the machine architecture. We did it that way
>> because we didn't want to expend work updating a format that we don't
>> really want people to use -- single-file applications have a number
>> of subtle problems (mostly having to do with localization) that will
>> never be fixed. (That said, it's sometimes necessary to use them for
>> compatibility reasons.) The saving interface doesn't make this at
>> all clear, but we hope to fix that.
>
>The single binary format is from old-Apple technology. The universal binary
>format is from NeXT "MAB" technology.
>
>It is reasonable that single binary format can not include universal binary.
>"Single file & universal architecture" binary is not present in the world.
>
>So, we have to use bundle format to save AppleScript as an application.
>
>But... sometimes we faced to a lot of problems in saving scripts as "Bundle"
>format in Japanese environment. So I hate the *buggy* bundle format.
To give another example, iTunes doesn't understand the bundle format at all.
On my machine, at least, if you put a script bundle or applet bundle into
~/Library/iTunes/Scripts, iTunes will see its name as "main". m.
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