Not sure everyone read the guidelines (Was Re: Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines)
Not sure everyone read the guidelines (Was Re: Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines)
- Subject: Not sure everyone read the guidelines (Was Re: Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines)
- From: Rosyna <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 22:48:24 -0700
I am not sure everyone read the guidelines. (Look below for the
paragraphs in question.)
To sum up, the extensions will not magically disappear, they have to
be "Forced" to disappear through some user action. Indeed, renamed a
file that has its extension hidden (lets say a nib) to "SoSexy.nib"
does not make it SoSexy.nib.nib. It just unchecks the hide extension
box.
Also, if you change the name of the hidden file to SoSexy.gas (where
gas is an unknown extension), the file is renamed to SoSexy.gas.nib.
I do see one immediate causality of this behavior, it is not very
difficult for a novie user to change the file name via the get info
window.
---------------------
Files created by Mac OS 9, downloaded from the Internet, or obtained from
some other source always have the hide extension flag unset initially,
regardless of whether or not they have an extension. Therefore, when a user
downloads a file "image.jpg" from the Internet, it does not magically rename
itself to "image" in the Mac OS X Finder. What the user sees stays
consistent. If the user later renames the file to "mygroovyimage", the .jpg
extension is maintained, but becomes hidden. Again, what the user typed
matches what is displayed. In no case will Mac OS X rename an existing file
without the user taking a specific action to rename that file, nor will
renaming a file ever result in accidental multiple extensions (like "
mygroovyimage.jpg.jpg").
Any file with the hide extension flag set and a known extension has that
extension hidden in the Finder. When users edit the name of such a file,
they edit only the user-visible portion. If they explicitly type in a known
file name extension for the file, either the Finder warns them that what
they're doing may change the type of the file (if they enter a different
file name extension), or the Finder changes the state of the hide extension
flag to show the extension (if they enter a new file name with the proper,
currently hidden extension for the file). In all cases, the Finder allows
users to make the changes if they wish. What users see in the Finder is what
they typed when renaming the file, whether or not they included an
extension.
The Finder also allows users to choose to always display file name
extensions, disabling the smart extension hiding behavior that is on by
default. If users want to keep the smart extension hiding on, but need to
know the exact on-disk file name for a given file, they can see it in that
file's Info window in the Finder. Users can also control whether a specific
file's extension is hidden using a checkbox in the Info window.
----------------------
--
Sincerely,
Rosyna Keller
Technical Support/Holy Knight/Always needs a hug
Unsanity: Unsane Tools for Insane People