Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl files creator code

[bart.mediamind@tornado.be (Bart Lateur)]

On Thu, 30 Jul 1998 11:43:38 -0700, Vicki Brown wrote:

>But even talking output files (not scripts), forcing one creator type seem=
s
>unflexible.  So I need to ask, if it matters to you, why not just use
>MacPerl::SetFileInfo to get exactly what you want every time?

Why do people use=20

=09while(<>) {
=09}

instead of the functionality they really mean?

Because it's far easier to type. If I write 10 MacPerl scripts in a day,
I don't want to have to type in the SetFileInfo line every single time.

And for me, doubleclicking on a file to see what I got, is far easier
than having to drag it on a program icon, which could be on the other
end of the screen. Imagine having to do this tens of times in a day,
before you get it right. It happens to me. Even when I know that it
ought to have worked, I STILL open the files to see what it did.

SetFileInfo is good for exceptional cases. Like the times when I create
Postscript files. But plain text is the common case. So I want a usable
text editor, not Simpletext, to open the files, by default.

=09Bart.

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