Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!assar!sunic!kth.se!cyklop.nada.kth.se!news From: d88-jwa@byse.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Desktop Manager ramblings Message-ID: Date: 30 May 91 08:18:34 GMT References: <1991May29.175613.14352@crash.cts.com> Sender: news@nada.kth.se (Mr News) Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Lines: 22 In-reply-to: mdavis@pro-sol.cts.com's message of 29 May 91 17:56:13 GMT > mdavis@pro-sol.cts.com (Morgan Davis) writes: Or, and this is what my original message was about, you could use the DesktopDB file (which is some kind of binary tree -- the key to QUICKLY accessing information on all files and folders on a volume). If some MacGenius spent a while browsing through its contents, perhaps he or she could document its structure -- and we could all benefit from being able to *read* through it. I'm not interested in modifying it at all. Don't you huys ever LEARN ? Why do you think the format of the desktop mgr files was undocumented for system 6 (the INIT) ? Because the FORMAT CHANGED in system 7. Why do you think the format of the desktop files still isn't documented ? What will happen in the next release if you build something that depends on the present format ? What does about a zillion technotes say about relying on undocumented features ? PLEASE ! -- Jon W{tte h+@nada.kth.se - Speed !