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From: ali@polya.Stanford.EDU (Ali T. Ozer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Customizing system panels
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Date: 7 Jun 89 20:12:15 GMT
References: <23940@labrea.Stanford.EDU>
Sender: Ali T. Ozer <ali@polya.Stanford.EDU>
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In article <23940@labrea.Stanford.EDU> Christopher Lane writes:
>Since the point of IB generated applications is that the end users can
>customize the interface(s) to their needs/tastes without sources or
>recompilation, can someone explain to me how to do the following:

When the .nib file is included in the executable, it cannot be edited.
If a developer wants the interface to a program to be editable, the .nib file
should be included separately.

Since Preferences and Workspace include their interfaces as a part of the
executable, you cannot change their appearance.

Ali Ozer, NeXT Developer Support
aozer@NeXT.com