[ptx] HuginOSX news

[Daniel Griscom]

At 5:19 PM +0900 9/7/04, Ippei UKAI wrote:
>Actually, File types are different from Creator codes.
>File type specifies the file type like extension on DOS/Win,
>and Creator code specifies which application the file will be opened with.
>Every application has Creator code even if the application does not 
>handle files. The operating system uses it internally. The default 
>Creator, if not registered, is "????", but it does not display 
>application icon very well.

OS X uses two separate methods to determine which application is 
associated with a specific document. The first is an Mac OS 9 legacy, 
which is the Creator code (four characters), kept in the file's 
metadata. The second is the classic file suffix. The former is more 
durable (can't be broken by changing the name), but is lost when 
transferred to another platform. The latter is easily broken by a 
user, but is more obvious and platform-independent.

When building a Mac application, you have to specify this code, so we 
might as well specify a legitimate one. It's not a problem to have 
one developer register a code and another developer use it, as long 
as no two applications use the same code. So, if Pablo doesn't want 
to, then Ippei should. Or, I could; I've registered about a dozen 
creator codes in my time, and have no problem registering another one.


Let me know if I should,
Dan

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