filesystem assumptions [was Re: Question]

FROM : Alex Rice
DATE : Fri Jan 10 17:33:08 2003

On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 01:35  AM, <email_removed> wrote:

> At 10:27 AM -0800 1/9/03, Mike Ferris wrote:

>> The "while it is running" is the part I was not understanding.  And
>> you are correct.  Once a bundle has figured out where it is at
>> runtime, it does not expect to be moved.

>
> Why the heck not?!
>
> Mac OS X appears to make a lot of these filesystem assumptions and I
> find it very troubling.


It's Cocoa, not OS X, that's making the assumptions isn't it?

In an NSDocument Cocoa application, if you rename the document in the
Finder the Finder will find the corresponding NSDocument object and
send it a setFilename: message. Pretty cool.

Maybe it would not be impossible to get NSApplication and NSBundle to
work in the same manner?

Maybe we should do something constructive (hint hint) about telling
Apple this is an important feature, instead of slamming NEXT, Unix, or
Mac depending on your perspective.

  Alex Rice <<email_removed>> | Mindlube Software  |
http://mindlube.com

  what a waste of thumbs that are opposable
  to make machines that are disposable  Ani DiFranco
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