Re: NSWorkspaceDidTerminateApplicationNotification bug?
Re: NSWorkspaceDidTerminateApplicationNotification bug?
- Subject: Re: NSWorkspaceDidTerminateApplicationNotification bug?
- From: Bill Bumgarner <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 23:43:28 -0500
(1) This particular bug has *nothing* to do with file extensions. It has
*everything* to do with the difference between app wrappers and non-app
wrappers and how that affects application names. This has been an issue
for as long as the NeXT platform has existed. Yes, it causes some minor
problems. But they are minor in comparison to the *significant*
advantages of using wrappers-- directories-- to contain applications. To
name one of the many, it means that you can pick and choose exactly which
localization packs to install.
(2) Whining about hiding/showing/appending/removal of extensions is not
appropriate fodder for this list. Take it to email@hidden.
That *entire* list is devoted to debating Apple's design and
implementation choices. If you have a specific-- likely Cocoa related--
question as to programatically dealing with type/creator/extension issues,
ask it here. Otherwise, take it somewhere appropriate.
end of WOB,
b.bum
(Getting a little bit tired of people confusing metadata with
types/creators or resource forks.... Metadata is a set of features. Types/
Creators (and resource forks) is a particular implementation of Metadata.
There are other implementations. OS 9 and prior is dead. OS X will
evolve. Move along now, nothing to see. If you really want your feedback
to count, send a well written, thoughtful, submission along to
bugreport.apple.com. Apple does pay attention. Seriously. I have been
using bugreport.apple.com *heavily* for quite some time and OS X reflects
that feedback.)
On Monday, January 14, 2002, at 11:09 PM, cocoa-dev-
email@hidden wrote:
So, it does have to do with filename extensions. We wouldn't have to
bother
with this hiding/showing/appending/removal stuff if Apple wasn't trying to
switch from type/creator to only using extensions...
b.bum
I ride tandem with the random....
.... things don't happen the way I planned them.