Hi Ben, > > I thought about that too (i.e. check on Alias$@RunType_XYZ), but > > then we have text files with execute permission bit set too. I'm > > not sure whether it going to be worthwhile. > > As you say, most data filetypes has RunType variables assigned, so > that's no use to distinguish executables from data files.
>From another perspective, if I can *Foo from a shell and it runs then does it matter it opens an editor for Foo, if that's how the RunType is defined? For Tab-completion at a prompt, I'd want Foo included in the possbilities? On Linux, one could make a PNG executable and define a suitable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binfmt_misc to make an ASCII approximation cat(1) to the TTY. :-) Cheers, Ralph. _______________________________________________ GCCSDK mailing list gcc@gccsdk.riscos.info Bugzilla: http://www.riscos.info/bugzilla/index.cgi List Info: http://www.riscos.info/mailman/listinfo/gcc Main Page: http://www.riscos.info/index.php/GCCSDK
