> On Sun, 2009/05/17, Keith Blount <keithblo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Keith Blount <keithblo...@yahoo.com> > Subject: File formats for multi-doc app: packages, single files or zipped > alternatives > To: cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com > Date: Sunday, 2009 May 17, 12:20 > I’m working on version 2 of my software at the moment, > and in so doing and am looking into the possibility > of a better file format and was wondering if I am > missing something. Currently, my program uses a > file package format...
> However, there are some issues with the package format, > chief among them synchronisation; much synchronisation > software just doesn’t play nicely with file packages, > and some users not au fait with the package format > have had files corrupted by synchronisation software. > They have problems e-mailing files to each other (not > all e-mail software allows them as attachments because > they are interpreted as folders), sharing them across > networks and suchlike too... I've been pondering this same issue, and anticipate giving the user the ability to extract a subset of the, uh, package-base for export into a new package. As far as e-mailing as a monolithic unit, you could give them the option to do make it a tarball or zip it as part of the saving operation (or, at first, do that as a separate operation, themselves). For now, my thinking was to let them choose whether to tar or zip and fire off a process. Synchronization, in and of itself, has some quirks that anyone using it must consider. _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
