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From: ech@cbnewsk.att.com (ned.horvath)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Gripes about System 7.0
Message-ID: <1991Jan29.174159.13449@cbnewsk.att.com>
Date: 29 Jan 91 17:41:59 GMT
References: <11886@goofy.Apple.COM>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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I said,
> Larry, I appreciate that not EVERYTHING can go in.  But I'll suggest that
> the "foster application" idea is a nice thing that ought to be done
> thoroughly before one of us cooks up some horrendous hack...
 
From article <11886@goofy.Apple.COM>, by lsr@Apple.com (Larry Rosenstein):
> Too late.  I've got the hack already.
> 
> I don't think it make sense to put this resource in the System file; 
> should any app be able to add to the System file?  It belongs in the Finder,
> and ideally there would be a mechanism to change the resource from 
> within the Finder.

Sounds good.  That's why I suggested an AppleEvent.

=Ned=