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: Brent Gulanowski <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 19:09:48 -0400
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From: Andreas Monitzer <email@hidden>
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Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 14:16:45 +0200
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To: email@hidden
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Cc: (Cocoa-Dev) email@hidden
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Subject: Re: Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines
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I think I've read that Mac OS X already does content-based mapping as a
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last resort (see that USENIX article by Wilfredo Sanchez).
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andy
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Discussion forthcoming.
So why is my system littered with files typed as generic "document"? I hate
that, partly because it's non-descriptive, but mostly because it means that
double clicking it won't open it. Usually I know what type it is from name
and/or location, but the Finder/OS is too dumb to know that my clicking it
means I want to open it and that _some_ app should damn well try 'cause I
said so!
bg