Re: Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines
Re: Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines
- Subject: Re: Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines
- From: Rosyna <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 14:53:30 -0700
What about if an application creates a file in a widely used format,
but the files it creates are most likely only going to be used in
that application. Examples:
html files in GoLive
cp, cpp, c, h, m files in Project Builder, BBedit, CodeWarrior.
jpegs in Photoshop, ColorIt.
And what about the lengths of extensions? Can "known" extensions be
only a max of x letter or do they have a minimum. And what about the
case of files that end in .# (where # is any positive integer), will
those "extensions" be ignored if they are preceded by a known
extension?
Ack, at 9/7/01, John Geleynse said:
Applications that are not a primary editor for documents of a given type
should not set a creator code for those documents. The main example of this
is an Internet browser that downloads files of many different types. In Mac
OS X, users can associate applications with files of a given type using file
name extensions. Browsers downloading files from the Internet should allow
the user to choose which application to use to view those files by simply
allowing the Finder to open them with the user's default application for
that file type.
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Sincerely,
Rosyna Keller
Technical Support/Holy Knight/Always needs a hug
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