I was under the impression that UTI in fact does allow for: 1. A document type to have a default application open it if they follow the public.file_type UTI or don't have a UTI but have an file extension that matches a public UTI, etc. 2. A document saved in an application that is UTI compliant and saves documents with the appropriate UTI will be able to be opened by default by that application following the com.mycompany.file_type UTI convention.
This of course may be my misunderstanding of Apple's documentation at http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/FileManagement/Conceptual/understanding_utis/understand_utis_intro/understand_utis_intro.html I don't see how the UTI is attached to the file which is the only way I can think of to make it app specific, at least not for text files but then, most of my text files go back and forth between Mac and Linux, Subversion, git and other stuff that resource fork is always lost anyway, no creator code for me! I have to admit, I stopped using creator code clickability a while back because it only frustrated me. I don't know how many times I have screamed, "No Not that App, I don't care who created you!" I am a drag and drop or command line (thank you BareBones) kind of guy now. On Nov 3, 8:45 am, "le...@gmail" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3-Nov-2009, at 07:16, Bill wrote: > > > It should be noted that creator codes were not eliminated totally, > > they have "evolved." see the article at MacInsider: > >http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/22/inside_snow_leopards_ut... > > That article shows a remarkable lack of understanding of what creator > codes allowed you to do, and it's position that UTI 'fixes' creator > codes is absurd. > > Here is what you can do in any Mac OS <10.6 > > 1) Have HTML documents by default open in your default browser > 2) have HTML documents created in BBEdit open in BBEdit > 3) Have HTML documents created in FooBarEdit open in FooBarEdit > > That is simply NOT POSSIBLE in 10.6. > > -- > Once upon a time the plural of 'wizard' was 'war'. --The Last Continent --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
