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- Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 17:01:05 -0400 (EDT)
- From: Scott Shuchart <shuchart@husc.harvard.edu>
- Subject: File types
- To: executor@nacm.com
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- 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
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