At some level, this is true but the Mac OS X Finder application reads and displays the contents of the file for you in this instance. Steve has not explicitly called a file system function to open the file. The Finder keeps aware of where you are as you move around in the file system and pre-loads file previews and content through the operating system's background utilities (Spotlight and other content indexing/browsing routines). The Finder uses these same means to provide the "cover flow" previews in that are a built-in part of its Mac OS X "Leopard" implementation.
On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 2:35 PM, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > Em, while you may not have explicitly "opened the file", if you can read it, > you've opened it. > > On 4/6/2010 2:30 PM, Cotty wrote: >> >> BTW I only recently discovered in 10.5.8 that you can select any file, >> hit the spacebar and you get an instant preview, full screen if >> necessary, without actually opening that file, text, pics, video, >> anything. That is very cool :) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
