Re: Tracking files the right way - FIXED in 10.2!!!
Re: Tracking files the right way - FIXED in 10.2!!!
- Subject: Re: Tracking files the right way - FIXED in 10.2!!!
- From: Bill Bumgarner <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 09:33:59 -0400
On Friday, Aug 30, 2002, at 01:36 US/Eastern, Charles Srstka wrote:
This behavior single-handedly solves most of the problems mentioned in
this thread about aliases. Move one file to leave the original
untouched and put a copy in its place? No problem - the alias checks
the path first, and finds the copy. Drag OmniWeb to the Trash and put
another copy in its place? No problem, the alias finds the new OmniWeb
(although it really should be looking up the bundle identifier in
LaunchServices instead of using aliases *or* paths, but that's another
topic). Move or rename a file or some folder in its path? No problem,
the alias tracks the file to the new location.
The broken behavior still exists with Radio UserLand -- a carbon
application. As such, either the Carbon APIs have not been updated to
reflect this behavior or it requires a recompile to take advantage of
it. I just ran into this issue yesterday -- edited a story using
emacs and RU happily referred to aboutPrebinding.html~ and not
aboutPrebinding.html.
Agreed regarding bundle identifiers -- it seems that apps are not
taking as consistent advantage of bundle identifiers as they mount.
Of course, doing so introduces a "search path" issue in that the user
may have multiple copies and may not want to use the one that is
"first" in the search order...
So, if you use aliases in Jaguar, all your problems will be solved,
the programmer's job is not made any more complex, and very little
extra work is needed. This is a *very good thing* for users!
This has generally been the case -- the operating system has improved
by leaps and bounds since OS X 10.0. If you have some time on your
hands, try building out a system with OS X 10.0.0 and make a brief
comparison of everything that has changed between then and now. There
are many major changes, but there are hundreds of relatively minor
tweaks throughout the system...
b.bum
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