Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!psych
From: psych@watserv1.waterloo.edu (R. Crispin - Psychology)
Subject: Re: Why aren't 7.0 aliases real?
Message-ID: <1991Apr8.134920.2357@watserv1.waterloo.edu>
Organization: University of Waterloo
References: <1991Apr7.221543.3719@athena.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1991 13:49:20 GMT
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In article <1991Apr7.221543.3719@athena.mit.edu> mlwiese@mit.edu writes:
>Note: Flame ahead
>
>I was disappointed to discover that aliases in 7.0 are only an illusion
>presented by the Finder and StdFile. This means that NO application is 7.0
>compatible without a rewrite to support aliases, IMO. Yeah, aliases are a new
>feature, but I expected them to work everywhere and so will a lot of other
>users.
>
>Will someone please tell me why the OS can't intercept a file system call
>dealing with an alias and automatically resolve the alias? Sure, some disk
>editing apps might break, but better a few of them than ALL apps.
>
>Mike

I don't understand what kind of problem you are having. I copied a bunch of
applications onto a system 7.0 equiped drive and made aliases for many of
them. I installed some so they would show up in the DA menu. Others I put
in folders where it would be handy to have the applications. They all worked
fine. These were not system 7.0 applications. As far as I can tell applications
don't need to be changed to work using aliases. The system/finder was changed
to support them. If I am missing something let me know.

Richard Crispin              Phone:    (519)888-4781
Dept. of Psychology          EMail:    psych@watdcs.uwaterloo.ca 
University of Waterloo                 psych@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca 
Waterloo, Ont.   Canada   N2L 3G1