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: Jonathan Hendry <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 10:37:42 -0500
On Friday, September 7, 2001, at 04:53 , Rosyna wrote:
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.
What's the problem? It's possible to assign default applications for
a type without using Creator codes.
And what about the lengths of extensions? Can "known" extensions be only
a max of x letter or do they have a minimum.
Why would there be?
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?
Why? That would be useful for noting application versions in the extension.