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In article <Dec.13.01.59.36.1988.22589@pilot.njin.net> limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) writes:
>Now the only problem is how to the projects find their tools.
>TOOLS=ToolName:ToolNameProgram is the common way to do this.  
  [stuff deleted]
>The other method that I thought of was to not re-invent the wheel and
>find out what Mac users do.  I've never heard of this kind of
>discussion with Mac users.  (and if their OS does something "extra" to
>help out maybe this could be in 1.4?) :-)
>   Tom Limoncelli   Drew University    Madison NJ    201-408-5389

I have heard nasty things when the Macintosh DeskTop file fills up.  Exceed
228k and you're dead (or something to that effect).

As I understand it, each tool is registered with Apple to get a unique 4-byte
ID.  Whenever a tools is moved, its new location is written in the DeskTop,
overwritting any previous entry with that ID.  When a project icon is selected,
the Finder looks at the 4-byte ID, grunges thru the DeskTop, and launches
the tool.

I don't know how it handles having version 2a of a program in one directory
and version 2b in another.  I don't know if it cares if a program is copied
from the hard disk to a floppy (I'd hate to see it remember the copy on the
floppy and forget the hard disk.  There was some discussion on this subject
here about 5 months ago - the consensus was "let's not do it the Mac way".

I'm sure some Mac techie will provide more reasons pro and con.
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