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From: s8105119@ipc04.mqcs.mq.oz.au (Gary Kevin MAKIN)
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Subject: Re: De-macification of the Amiga (Re: The Amiga's Future)
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Date: 25 Jun 91 11:55:33 GMT
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In article <13361@uwm.edu> gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu writes:
>Does ResEdit come with the OS?  :)  Still sounds like a way of getting
>around something the OS has set up.  If it was meant to do it, it
>would do it.  "Fixing" the program with ResEdit is....  well, a
>kludge.  But once again, that's my opinion shining through.

Firstly, ResEdit is available easily enough. If someone's heard of ResEdit
then they probably have a bit of an idea where to find it (try user groups,
ftp.apple.com, etc).

Secondly, this isn't a case of making a program do something it wasn't meant to
do. For example, Microsoft Word will open many types of files including
MacWrite files. Naturally, Word does not contain any icons for MacWrite files,
only for it's native file formats (text, Word, dictionaries, etc). So, Word
does not have an FREF resouce for file of type MACA (MacWrite). Therefore,
the Finder does not know that Word will open MacWrite files.

By adding an FREF resource for a file type of MACA, the Finder will then know
that Word can open MACA files. This is not a kludge. It is simply one of the
things that Microsoft will be changing when they bring out the next version
of Word. The fact that the current version of Word does not have a MACA FREF
is because it is not Sys 7 savvy.

If, by adding or changing a resouce using ResEdit, I could make the current
version of Word accept Apple Events, or start using Publish and Subscribe,
would this be a kludge too? Or would it be a sign of a good implementation of
a new system feature?
>
>Greg

Gary Makin.