On 11/9/03 11:54 PM, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 11/9/03 11:33 PM, "Scott Haneda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> on 11/9/03 11:10 PM, Paul Berkowitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> True, but it uses the Stuffit Engine made by Aladdin and supplied by Apple >>> in the OS. If the newest version of Stuffit Engine has .zip built in (which >>> I think it does), and Apple were to ship that version with the OS (which it >>> doesn't), it probably would not be very difficult for MS to add .zip >>> compression as an option when a check shows that you have the right version >>> of Stuffit Engine. But since this will now not occur until OS 10.4, >>> presumably. it would quite possibly be too late for the next version of >>> Entourage. Who knows - maybe Apple and MS can get things out sooner than the >>> next full version of OS and Office. But I'd doubt it. >> >> Perhaps you are not aware of the new .zip built into the core of OS X, >> select a file, go to the finder menu and select "create archive". So it is >> already there, no need for 10.4. It stored meta data in a separate file in >> the archive so files can be sent to a PC and back to the mac and not lose >> file type and creator etc info. >> >> Perhaps some symblinking to a particular file where E-rage things the stuff >> it engine is would work. > > Entourage doesn't use this core. Entourage X was made for OS 10.1, and > v10.1.2 had a few updates for OS 10.2. Entourage uses the Stuffit Engine. I > have no idea _how_ it uses the Stuffit Engine, but providing a symlink to > some Apple header file for .zip would only make it fall flat on its face. > > Make a feature request to Microsoft in the Help/Send Feedback menu. It's a > good idea, if they can do it. It will not be as simple as you think. To further confuse things, Apple and Stuffit have different mechanisms for dealing with resource files in zips (or so I've heard) Dan -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
