Brian Chabot said: >On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Jack Hodgson wrote: > >> >If a *program*, OTOH, requests that a particular program (without path) be >> >started, the OS has to look *somewhere*. Under Macintosh System, the OS >> >only searches the "System" folder automatically. This led to many program > >Sounds to me lik,e MacOS7.x.
I think macs store associations, much like windows does now, in the (hidden) Desktop file. Not the graphical desktop, but a file. With system 6, all the extensions & control panels & preferences were in the system folder. System 7 introduced standard sub folders into the system folder. >The default text editor (nor bbedit, but the other one, the Mac >equivelent of Windoze Notepad)) I found once in no less than 23 >locations once. textedit. I believe you're allowed to distribute it. So every software vendor distributes it to ensure you're able to view the README.txt file. No one checks to see if it's already installed. That'd be harder to do on a mac because they don't have the equivalent of window's Program Files. Yes, there is the aforementioned Desktop file, but that's not always consistant. >I don't know if the idea of a Mac $PATH is correct, but I do know that >many programs had copies of themselves in various locations, and it >would make sense if the only default "path" was in the System folder. > >Brian I don't think Mac has a PATH, really. Actually, what normal users set the PATH on windows anymore? If you're using the GUI, you don't worry about it. -- ------- Tom Buskey ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
