>> One problem that may be either with your web server or my browser: >> iCab gives the downloaded archive a TEXT file type and iCab creator >> type. I can't see how to set any preference in iCab to fix this; >> is it supposed to be under browser control? I can change it after >> downloading, using a file typer utility, but that's a geeky way to >> go about it. > In order to set the downloaded file type under OS 9 you use the > Internet control panel, click the 'Advanced' tab and the File Mapping > option, then set the extension '.sit' to Stuffit Expander. Under > older systems I think you had to use Internet Config, but I don't > remember the details.
I don't have an Internet control panel, I'm using systems from 7.5.5 to 8.1. The problem with suffix mapping in this case is that the file format of Stuffit files changes from version, but the suffix doesn't; I guessed lucky that you were using Stuffit 5 format (type SIT5, creator SITx) but this could not have been more than a guess, whether it was a computer or a human doing the mapping. The same design bug on Aladdin's part often gets you downloading an archive and then scrambling around to find something to process it - some Stuffit "upgrades" have not been capable of unpacking archives made with earlier versions. > I thought I'd save everybody a bit of download time (and me quite > a lot of upload time) by uploading a binary file rather than a > BinHex file this time (works OK for me), so I hope it doesn't lead > to a lot of complaints. The difference due to ASCII encoding is about 20%, I think. Even on my 14.4K modem I find that worth the extra reliability - BinHex will tell you if you've got a broken archive, Stuffit often won't (just quits with no warning and leaves you guessing). Aladdin is trying very hard to become the Microsoft of Macintosh utility software. I think it's still the case that a self-extracting archive of BarFly would need three times as much RAM to perform its extraction as BarFly itself needs to typeset and play the Goldberg Variations. =================== <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> =================== To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
