Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!mailrus!cornell!george From: george@cornell.UUCP (George R. Boyce) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Customizing system panels Message-ID: <28688@cornell.UUCP> Date: 8 Jun 89 19:26:48 GMT References: <23940@labrea.Stanford.EDU> <9786@polya.Stanford.EDU> Reply-To: george@cornell.UUCP (George R. Boyce) Distribution: na Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY Lines: 25 In article <9786@polya.Stanford.EDU> aozer@NeXT.com (Ali Ozer) writes: > >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 Even though a) it should not have to be said and b) it has been said before I would like to say 1. provide a source license to those who wish to have access to sources. and 2. ship all applications *with* their nib files. George