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From: oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster)
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Subject: Re: Saving user preferences
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Date: 12 Nov 89 03:49:59 GMT
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In the first place, the application shouldn't need to ask the user to
choose between English & Metric units, the applicatiuon should pick it up
from the system, and the system should already be localized to the right
units.

In the second place, so what if the user deletes the preferences file?
That just means he gets the default preferences.

Apple recommends you use "Stationery" files. The are like ordinary
documents, but when you double click on one, you get an "untitled" file
that prompts you to Save As the first time you go to save. The user puts
their favorite stationery out on the desk top, and never double clicks on
the application itself.  There is a tech note on all this.