Just to see what they look like inside. Any icon that shows up on the computer is inviting me to click on it. And when I get an answer that I can't, because the application that created it is missing, well, then I REALLY want to open it! That does not just go for plists, it goes for any icon sitting anywhere. Some people are just curiouseer and evermore curiouseer than others. They are curious and want to see beyond the fa?ade ,even if there is only a big void. Marta On Mar 5, 2004, at 23:02, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote:
> Why would anyone want to open plist files? > > Friday, March 5, 20046:59 PMJerry Yeagerjerry at browseryshop.com > >> Plist editor is usually best, but they will open in TextEdit if you >> drag and drop it onto the TextEdit icon in the dock. >> >> Jerry >> >> p.s. TextEdit will open quite a few little things that it is not >> advertised for. >> >> On Mar 05, 2004, at 2:03 PM, Marta Edie wrote: >> >>> Hi, Bill, it pays to ask. I have found the disk. Never knew I had it. >>> I shall install it. I hope this will help all other disabled users >>> to >>> open treasures! Of course I don't know what I shall find after the >>> install, but I trust Bill . Thanks for the "Wegweiser". >>> Marta >>> Heinzelm?nnchenk?nigin a.D. >>> On Mar 5, 2004, at 13:23, Bill Rising wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On 3/5/04 12:53, Marta Edie PB wrote >>>> >>>>> Hi, Bill, good to see your name again. Can you tell me how to open >>>>> any >>>>> plist? I always get that famous answer that you can't open it >>>>> because >>>>> the application that created it cannot be found. Then I am supposed >>>>> to >>>>> choose an application. How, in God's name ,should I know which >>>>> application might do the trick. Thus far I have never been >>>>> successful - >>>>> never ever! And believe you me, I have tried! And it's not only >>>>> plists. I constantly run into these, what I call forbidden >>>>> chambers. >>>> >>>> It could be that you need to have the developers tools installed. >>>> Just >>>> install them from the proper disk. (In Jagwire, the disk was called >>>> Developers Tools. In Panther it is called XCode Tools.) >>>> >>>> Bill >>>> >>>> >>>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>>> | be March 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>>> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>> | be March 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >>> >> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be March 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be March 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
