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: "John C. Randolph" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 13:47:04 -0700
On Sunday, September 9, 2001, at 10:49 AM, Brendan Younger wrote:
On Sunday, September 9, 2001, at 12:17 PM, Bill Chin wrote:
On Sunday, September 9, 2001, at 10:13 AM, Mark Munz wrote:
Wait, isn't putting the definition of what type of document I'm
dealing with
a throwback to the early years when disk space was expensive and in
short
supply, when saving 4 bytes was crucial, when we used .txt to define
a text
file and such. Apparently we haven't come very far.
Actually, with file name extensions, I can create an application that
uses .hypertext as an extension under Mac OS X today. With current
HFS+ implementation, we're limited to 4 character type codes (HTXT).
Which one is more limiting?
And you're right. We haven't come very far.
The fact that it is a four "character" code does not in *any* way limit
it.
Of course it does. It's supposed to be a menemonic (for the programmer
at least), and the fact that I *could* use "67&h" for my type and "!@g1"
for my creator code doesn't help when I have a conflict with someone
else's use of a nice, memorable four-letter type like "TEXT".
-jcr
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