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- From: bgrubb@dante.nmsu.edu (GRUBB)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Sumex is in need of a restucturing
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.014749.5873@nmsu.edu>
- Date: 6 Jan 93 01:47:49 GMT
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- brecher@husc8.harvard.edu (Jonathan Brecher) writes:
- >bgrubb@dante.nmsu.edu (GRUBB) writes:
- >>There is a large number of files that imply the need for a 'graphics'
- >>directory with with 'art' and 'program' subdirectories. With these
- >>directories the following programs could be moved out of the /info-mac/app
- >>directory and into a /info-mac/graphics/program directory:
- >>[list deleted]
-
- >If you don't like the way sumex organizes things, don't use sumex. At
- >mac.archive.umich.edu we have always organized things in much the way you
- >suggest. We have a hierarchical directory structure that makes it easy to
- >find exactly what you want. And if you CAN'T find what you want, you can
- >always search our 800K descriptive index file, which is also available in a
- >tab-delimited form for easy import into the database of your choice. We have
- >between 50% more and twice as many files as sumex does (depending on how and
- >what you count), including everything sumex has (except art, sounds, and
- >quicktime).
- Personly give me /info-mac/font/tt/(filename) over mac.archive.umich.edu's
- /mac/system.extensions/font/adobe.type.three/(filename) setup anyday.
- mac.archive.umich.edu's set up makes LESS sence then the 'graphics in the app
- directory' example of Sumex I gave , for this structure makes NO sence with
- the development of System 7.x. Begining with this system 'cdev' became
- 'control panel' and 'init' became 'extension'. Fonts, das and fkeys are
- also in this directory, so is mac.archive consitering them inits (extensions)?
- And under System 7.1 ALL fonts go in the FONT folder NOT the extension folder.
- This structure is LESS intuitive then Sumex's AND has pathnames that remind
- me of my organic chemisty class.
-
- The intent of the orginal post was to show that sumex, as good as it is,
- could do with some improvements and one of its managers agrees:
- lipa@camis.Stanford.EDU (Bill Lipa) writes:
- >I think your comments are very reasonable. I have been meaning to do a
- >reorganization for some time now, but time has been lacking. Hopefully
- >we will be able to do this early in the new year.
-
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