Is there a better way?  That is, in the old days, the Squeak VM would
accept any kind of file- didn't have to be an STim/FAST to accept a D&D.
I understand that the point of having a type/creator for Squeak image
files is that they're double clickable; couldn't this be done through the
internet->file-association control panel, similar to the way Mac OS
handles .zip and .sit files downloaded in a browser that weren't given the
proper MIME-type?

I wrote a little app for Squeak/mac that fixes types with a config file,
as files transfered between PC->Mac on the Novell server here lost their
types, and had to be fixed.

Regards,
Aaron

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On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Bruce ONeel wrote:

> One solution here is to use the MacOS application supplied
> by Henrik Gedenryd called FixSqueakFilesForMac.sit.  It
> should (though I've never tried it) run on OSX as well
> as a classic app.  Just drag he image and changes file over
> it and it will change the types and creators. You should also
> be able to put the files in the same dir as the VM named squeak.image
> and squeak.changes and run the VM and it will find them.  Once
> in Squeak you can change the file types.
>
> cheers
>
> bruce
>
> John M McIntosh <johnmci at smalltalkconsulting.com> wrote:
> > >I've added the following to http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/306
> > >for OS X users.  If someone understands how to make the "platform
> > >independent" files on UIUC truly platform independent, it would be
> > >nice if they would do so and remove this warning from the swiki.
> > >
> > >	Warning: downloading the image and changes files from the
> > >"platform independent" link in the UIUC site seems to yeild an image
> > >file of "Kind: SqueakImage" which the Carbon version of the VM does
> > >not recognize.  The images file from the full stuffit mac download
> > >is of "Kind; Document" and it works with the Carbon VM.
> > >
> > >Rich
> >
> > Mmm I think the carbon VM should open file types of STim which is the
> > squeak image file tag. At least that is what is in the open and kind
> > resource for the VM.
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