Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.system:6444 comp.sys.mac.misc:12601 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!paperboy!yee From: yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Mixed metaphors in System 7.0 (Suitcases) Message-ID: Date: 28 May 91 20:44:14 GMT References: <13630@goofy.Apple.COM> Sender: news@OSF.ORG Distribution: comp Organization: Open Software Foundation Lines: 40 In-reply-to: gandalf@apple.com's message of 23 May 91 23:17:56 GMT In article <13630@goofy.Apple.COM> gandalf@apple.com (Martin Gannholm) writes: : 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. Great example! So, since the system posts a warning dialog when the users drags a folders with system extensions into the System Folder before 'unpacking' it, then I would expect the same warning for Suitcases and the System File. If I remember correctly, the warning dialog, posted when you drag a system extension into the System Folder, gives you the chance to Cancel the operation. Therefore, shouldn't a similar dialog be posted when an user drags a Suitcase into the System File? =Mike -- == Michael K. Yee -+- OSF/Motif Team == Open Software Foundation - 11 Cambridge Center - Cambridge, MA 02142 == "Live simply, so that others may simply live."