Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 18:31:20 +0800 From: adrian@freebsd.org To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding desktop support Message-ID: <19990428103120.4917.qmail@ewok.creative.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 28 Apr 1999 11:28:26 %2B0100." <E10cRZr-000LHz-00@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk>
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Dom Mitchell writes: >On 28 April 1999, Joe Abley proclaimed: >> This all sounds very non-unixy. But I don't really know why. > >Because it's exactly what the Mac has been doing for over a decade. I >don't think that there's anything terribly wrong with the idea. In >fact, it's good we are making use of the facilities that our ELF >changeover has bought us. > >The one problem I do see with this idea however, is that it only applies >to binaries, and not data. >-- >Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator ... and so have pcs in the .exe file format. If you want to do it for data, then you would have to make mime-type (or whatever you use to slap on a file type) part of the filesystem entry. Or use extensions. Like what happens now. Adrian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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