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From: liberte@zaphod.ncsa.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Text File Creator
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Date: 10 Jun 89 15:10:00 GMT
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> /* Written  4:06 am  Jun  8, 1989 by ralph@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk in zaphod:comp.sys.mac.hypercard */
> Best would be some way of doing it using hypertalk, 2nd best would be for
> the creator string to be in a resource which could be resedited, and least
> good of all is the current dodgy idea where I patched the code resources of
> HyperCard directly. 

I would prefer that any creator type may be associated with any other
creator.  So no programs would have to be changed, hundreds of documents
would not have to have their creator changed, etc.  Just change the
association in one place between, for example, a MacWrite creator and
WORD, or TEXT and TeachText etc.

The Finder would have to be changed to support this feature.  Perhaps
someone could write an INIT to do the job though.

Dan LaLiberte
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
liberte@ncsa.uiuc.edu