On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, David Bovill wrote:
> Thanks Kevin...
>
> so what do you think, is it technically possible for a PC or Unix system
> to save this invisible Mac-specific information, so that it magically
> appears on the Mac without having to do or use anything else? Still can't
> see the technical problem with Metacard building this cross-platform
> support feature in.
>
> Scott?
On 3/15/00 9:36 AM, Scott Raney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>There are no other ways. The MacOS file system has three places where
>it can store information in a file, and DOS and UNIX only have one.
>And there's no way to make one thing do the work of three.
I know it doesn't help now, but MacOS X will end this. Its foundation is
UNIX, and as such, it supports only one place, as do DOS and other UNIX
OSes. Instead, MacOS X will use the concept I think they call a package,
which is really a folder pretending to be a file. The folder can contain
multiple files, but not appear to be anything other than a single
document/application to an ordinary user. That way it can store any
number of different pieces and formats of information, without being
incompatible.
Scott, will it be a big deal for MetaCard to support packages? I don't
know if any other UNIX (besides NeXTStep/OpenStep) uses this concept.
gc
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