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- From: lunatic@netcom.com (Lunatic Johnathan Bruce E'Sex)
- Subject: Re: MS-DOS FST
- Message-ID: <gm7m8ld.lunatic@netcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 92 11:07:28 GMT
- Organization: Netcom; Renegade User
- References: <1992Aug14.185448.434@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug14.185448.434@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> bb252@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (James L. Brookes) writes:
- >dlyons@Apple.COM (David A Lyons) writes:
- >
- >>I don't have much real-world experience with MS-DOS. I'm interested in
- >>your informed opinions on what MS-DOS suffixes (.TXT, etc) should correspond
- >>by default to various GS/OS filetype/auxiliary type combinations.
- >
- >>Here's one possible list of default translations:
- >
- >> suffix ftype auxtype
-
- [Stuff about using ORCA language types for MS-DOS languages, "since
- those are the only languages available," deleted]
- ___
- |hat would defeat the whole purpose of having different aux types
- for different langauge compilers. When you type "compile source.c"
- ORCA checks the aux type of the file to find out what language to use.
- When ORCA sees an aux of $0008, it KNOWS that it's specifically an
- ORCA/C file, not just "oh, that's some kind of C source." Maybe some
- day some enterprising person will make a C compiler that is 100%
- Turbo C compatible. A new aux type would then be assigned to Turbo C
- source. If someone has already moved over a bunch of Turbo C source
- using the MS-DOS FST and it's all assigned the aux type of ORCA/C, it'll
- be a real pain to go and look through all the source and change its
- aux type to the new one for Turbo C.
-
- ][ would like to suggest that a new vendor number be defined within
- the SRC aux type for "generic" or "unspecified" languages, or perhaps
- for "MS-DOS source code." That way, source code files could be moved
- over into the SRC file type and any future compiler or programmer could
- at least get a general idea from the file's aux/type as to what langauge
- it is.
-
- >> .GIF $C0 $8006 GIF file
- >
- >Does this mean there is a filetype/auxtype combo for GIFs finally? That
- >would be very nice
-
- ]-[aven't you been keeping up on your File Type Notes? (: This
- type is in the latest "About File Type Notes." The latest FTNs (and
- regular TNs) have been up in A2Pro on GEnie for weeks, now, if not
- over a month, so they should probably be available on Apple's FTP site,
- by now.
-
- |\|ow that there's an official type for GIFs, it should only be a
- couple more years before we get one for MODs, the other major untyped
- file, right now. (Just kidding, Matt!)
- _
- /-\ctually, I did make a suggestion at KansasFest that many common
- archive types be given aux types within the LBR/$E0 type, and that
- files with specific archive suffixes be transferred over into those
- types. Examples are .ARC, .ZIP, .ZOO, .LZH, .LHA, .Z, etc. Many of
- these archive types are already supported by programs on the IIgs
- (.ARC is even supported on the IIe/c). Currently these programs
- simply ignore file types and match only on file names, so assigning
- these files specific file/aux type combinations wouldn't break any
- existing applications. Matt replied that they didn't really want to
- get into translating MS-DOS suffixes into specific aux types within
- a file type, right now. (I'm sure that he, personally, isn't too
- interested in working out some new file/aux type combinations for
- these files, either, since he'd be the one doing it. :) The assignment
- of .GIF files to the new GIF file/aux type kind of nullifys this
- argument (though the one about having to make new ones still stands).
- ___
- |he final suggestion I have, right now, would be to assign new aux
- types for other kinds of graphic files, much like the GIF type.
- Looking at the formats that SuperConvert and The Graphic Exchange
- support would give a good idea as to what formats to assign aux types.
-
-
- >>David A. Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems
- >>Internet:dlyons@apple.com | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875
- >--
- >:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
- >| James Brookes | Oggnet: House of Games, User #209 |
- >|``What, me worry?'' - A. E. Neuman | Usenet: bb252@cleveland.freenet.edu |
- >:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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