Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.system:6150 comp.sys.mac.misc:12468 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!apple.com!gandalf From: gandalf@apple.com (Martin Gannholm) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Mixed metaphors in System 7.0 (Suitcases) Message-ID: <13630@goofy.Apple.COM> Date: 23 May 91 23:17:56 GMT References: Sender: usenet@Apple.COM Distribution: comp Organization: Apple Computer, Inc. Lines: 43 Path: apple.com!gandalf From: gandalf@apple.com (Martin Gannholm) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc Distribution: comp Subject: Re: Mixed metaphors in System 7.0 (Suitcases) References: Organization: Apple Computer, Inc. Path: apple.com!gandalf From: gandalf@apple.com (Martin Gannholm) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc Distribution: comp Subject: Re: Mixed metaphors in System 7.0 (Suitcases) References: Organization: Apple Computer, Inc. In article yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) writes: > I think it's weird that if you drag a Suitcase into the System File > that the Suitcase disappears. If in System 7.0 Suitcases should > behave similar to a folder, when I drag a folder into the desktop, I > expect the folder to placed on the desktop, and NOT for the folder > to 'spill its guts' on to the desktop (i.e. the folder disappears > and the contents are not in the 'container' anymore). Note that this is a special feature that to my knowledge only happens when you drop something onto the System Folder. Try this: Place some INITs (extensions in 7.0-speak) and cdevs into a folder on your disk. Now drag the folder to the System Folder. You will be told that the items need to go in special places inside the system folder. Click OK. The items are moved to their special places and the folder is gone! If all the items in the folder or suitcase are not moved into the system or one of the special folders, the folder is left intact with the remaining item(s) inside the System folder where you expect it. At least it is consistent for folders and suitcases. Martin Gannholm Apple Computer Exclaimer!!! I never said it...Nobody heard me say it...You can't prove anything!