On 11 Jun 2008, at 11:17 PM, Adam Maxwell wrote:

> On 2008-06-11 12:48:51 -0700, Christiaan Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
> said:
>
>>
>> On 11 Jun 2008, at 8:35 PM, Adam Maxwell wrote:
>>
>>> I just had a series of questions from a user having trouble  
>>> installing
>>> CiteInPages.  Part of his confusion stems from not having a
>>> ~/Library/Application Support/BibDesk/Scripts folder.  Should that  
>>> be
>>> created at startup?
>>>
>>
>> I don't think so, we don't install scripts by default.
>
> Creating the empty folder just seems helpful for users, especially
> since the location is hardcoded and searched regardless of what's
> installed.

We create it.

>
>> In fact installing the AppSupport folder itself and any of its  
>> contents
>> is wrong.
>
> I don't think anyone can make much of a case for that.  Nearly every
> application does it, including Apple's.

Actually, Apple makes a case in the docs (though I don't remember  
exactly where). And we've run into problems due to it several times.  
E.g. stuff we put there won't be updated, which is especially annoying  
for users who don't care about messing with the app support files.

Christiaan


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