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Received: from husc.harvard.edu (scunix5.harvard.edu [140.247.30.45]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id NAA20991 for <executor@nacm.com>; Fri, 16 Jun 1995 13:59:35 -0700 Received: from fas by husc.harvard.edu with SMTP; Fri, 16 Jun 1995 17:01:07 -0400 Received: by fas (5.x/16.2) id AA16790; Fri, 16 Jun 1995 17:01:06 -0400 Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 17:01:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Scott Shuchart <shuchart@husc.harvard.edu> Subject: File types To: executor@nacm.com Message-Id: <Pine.3.89.9506161610.A13459-0100000@fas.harvard.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk I was playing with a freeware Infocom-game interpreter last night (it ran fine) on 1.99m, but realized that it couldn't open files it didn't recognize. I used Resourcer on the executable to get an idea of what files it liked, then got info on the appropriate files and changed the creator/type (I think it's one of the best features of Executor that this information is so easy to change). But this sparked an idea... Would it be possible to give the browser/shell a table which correlates 3-character DOS file extensions with 4-character, case-sensitive Mac creator/types? If, for instance, Executor knew that the .doc files on my drives were MS Word files, it could display the right icons and open them by double-clicking. As it is, those files open correctly if I manually change the type/creator, but it seems as though this could be done automatically to add some functionality and mac-like-ness (double-clickability and correct icon display). Thoughts? Scott Shuchart shuchart@fas.harvard.edu