Horst von Brand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Of course, this >> change does require file managers to understand default actions when >> it's ambiguous what to do on a double-click -- but MacOS X has that too, >> in the form of the "Open as Folder" option (or whatever it's called). > > Right. For the sake of a filesystem among many on a minority operating > system /all/ GUI programs have to be rewritten. And all command-line > stuff. Just because.
I'll just note that the "applications bundled as directories" stuff on MacOS/NextStep is done completely in userspace--as far as the kernel is concerned, "Mail.app" is a regular directory. The file manager handles recognition and invocation of application bundles (and there is an 'open' shell command that does the same thing). -Doug
