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From: omh@nancy (Owen M. Hartnett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Yeah! Permanent (default) GetInfo boxes on their way
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Date: Wed, 5-Aug-87 00:51:59 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug  5 00:51:59 1987
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In article <17804@amdcad.AMD.COM> jimb@amdcad.AMD.COM (Jim Budler) writes:
>TN 147 in the July supplement says ( in effect ) that in the future
>the default Get Info will be taken from the String contents of the
>Creator Resource.
>
>Since many developers have long been in the habit of placing their
>copyright notice in this otherwise unused location it seems like
>a VERY good move for developers.
>
>Hooray! No more empty Get Info boxes on rebuild of desktop.
>
This probably does not mean that GetInfo will actually be stored any
differently than today.  All I can read into it is: If there is no GetInfo
text, get the Creator string and write this to the dialog box.  

Actually, I'm hoping I'm wrong, because I would like to see permanent strings,
but this just looks like a way to fill the empty box.

What should *really* be done is to 1) make them permanent and 2) allow
access to them through the Standard File dialog.  What better time to 
comment the file then when you're creating or changing it?  All you need
is another editText item on both dialogs and a little code.  This will
really make the comments usable, rather than having their access limited only
to the Finder.

-Owen Hartnett
-Ohm Software Company



Owen Hartnett
Brown University Computer Science

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