Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl files creator code

[Brian McNett <brianmc@telebyte.net>]

In Message-Id: <v04011700b1e667d52b6c@[10.48.0.42]>, Vicki Brown 
<vlb@cfcl.com> writes:

> However, by my first understanding of the discussion, i.e. the context
> within which I made the statement, it is very unusual for Apps to write
> their documents with a different creator ID.  For example, everything in my
> Eudora Folder is CS0m.  (Except the log files and I don't know why not).

Actually, there are often VERY good reasons to do just this sort of 
thing, which in fact Eudora's log files are a very good example of.  When 
you go to examine the log file, it's more likely that you'll want to open 
the file with a text editor, than to have it open in Eudora.  Better to 
give it a known, common and ubiquitous creator like "ttxt" rather than 
something more obscure like 'CS0m".

> But even talking output files (not scripts), forcing one creator type seems
> 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?

And on this I most heartily agree.  Absolutely no reason to go 
reinventing the wheel.

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