Mac file types, was Re: Type Safety (was Re: fun and
empowerment)
Javier Diaz
xdiaz at ECNET.ec
Wed Feb 2 18:50:36 UTC 2000
>Hi,
> Of course, things would work better if we'd change the file types on
>the .sources and .changes files to something other than 'TEXT' in terms
>of unexpanding them. Does this break anything else in the system?
>
> So, does someone have a good idea for the type to use? I tried
>a search on apple.com and wasn't sucessful beyond the table in
>http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/mac/Toolbox/Toolbox-447.html.
>There seems to be a product called TCDB at http://tcdp.tripod.com.
>Apple, according to http://devworld.apple.com/dev/cftype/ doesn't
>register the types any more.
>
>Ideas?
>
>cheers
>
>bruce
I send a message in 13 May 1999 suggesting using the generic '????' type
for this.
Javier Diaz
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