Re: [NTLK] Newton packages versus OS X packages

From: Michael J. Hußmann (michael_at_michael-hussmann.de)
Date: Sun Feb 20 2005 - 03:24:51 PST


Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com) wrote:

>First of all, please not that when you want to start a new thread do
>NOT start it by responding to an old one.

Huh=3F I didn't -- I just replied to Randolphin's post.

>I think OSX is at fault. This is just a guess, but I think that in
>earlier versions it repected the type and creator code for displaying
>the icon. I guess that now it doesn't do that and defaults to OSX's
>system for identifying files, which relies on the extension...

No, that is definitely not the case. Mac OS X (10.3.8 and earlier) does
respect the type and creator codes. It works quite well for me. (Note
that I despise Mac OS X's increased reliance on extensions as much as
anyone else, but that's not the issue here.)

- Michael

Michael J. Hu=DFmann

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