On Sep 23, 2011, at 10:27 AM, Kyle Sluder wrote: > This is not all that different from how UTIs behave now. Launch > Services employs a few extremely simple heuristics (file extension, > creator code, MIME type) and assigns a UTI to the file. > > The big difference is that the detected UTI isn't recorded. If Launch > Services recorded the last UTI it detected for the file in an xattr on > that file, and if the user had the ability to change that recorded > value, we'd have the system you're referring to, without losing ANY of > the features of UTIs.
If LS recorded the last UTI it detected for a file, we’d get the wrong UTI getting recorded in the MATLAB vs. Xcode case, and then the end-user would have to fiddle around with stuff that he/she really shouldn’t have to know about just to get the file to open. I maintain that the better solution is for LS to keep both options open in the case of a conflict. Instead of guessing one or another, internally consider it something like “either public.objective-c-source or com.matlab.whatever” and offer the file to any application that accepts either with the UTI appropriate for that app. Charles_______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
