Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!ucbvax!agate!darkstar!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!unknown From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: System 5.0.4 Message-ID: <13033@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Date: 4 Mar 91 19:30:42 GMT References: <15368@smoke.brl.mil> <1991Mar4.051913.19742@world.std.com> <45035@ut-emx.uucp> Sender: usenet@darkstar.ucsc.edu Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; Open Access Computing Lines: 26 In article <45035@ut-emx.uucp> daveh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David H. Huang) writes: >What did he say about this one? There was some discussion about this a >couple of months (maybe a year or so) ago. On the Mac, the Get Info >information is stored in a resource fork. Although this could be done >on the GS, it would make the file uncopyable by Prodos 8 applications. You use ProDOS 8 programs to copy? As I've said a lot, one of my biggest praises of the Finder in particular is its great copying speed.. Even Wings would be worth booting into just to copy programs if we had an info ability.. (Boy.. what a great thing that info thing on the Mac... Filling up all of the Mac programs' info boxes with "APPLE II FOREVER" and such at computer stores..fry's in particular) >The general consensus was that it wasn't worth adding a resource just >to stick a comment into a file. I guess one could tack the comment >onto the end of the file, but I really don't think that would be a >good idea... Well I think that it would be worth it. --