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From: leue@galen.crd.ge.com (Bill Leue)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: ResEdit Aftermarket Products?
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Date: 19 Feb 91 15:54:17 GMT
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I wonder if any commerical software organizations have considered
building plug-in filters and editors for the new, modular ResEdit.
This seems to me like an ideal market for companies which are heavily
into utilities - CE Software, for instance.  There are a number of
resource types which don't have a good resource-specific editor -- just
the generic hex editor:

'snd' resources - an editor which duplicates some of the features of
the Farallon products would be good here: editing splicing, compressing,
filtering, etc.

'code' resources - at minimum, a symbolic disassembler would be a real
blessing.  Maybe Rick Jasik (sp?) is interested.  A template specifically
for Hypercard XCMD's and XFCN's would be good, too.

'layo' editor for Finder look-and-feel issues.

paper size resources ('prec'?) like those used in MacDraw.

And so on. I realize that stand-alone editors for most of these resources
exist, but their functionality would be enhanced even more in the ResEdit
environment, IMHO.

Any takers?

-Bill Leue
leue@crd.ge.com