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Re: Mysterious System files

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From: Bill Bedford
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:00
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Simon Slavin <slavins.at.hearsay.demon.co.uk@localhost> wrote:

> In article <19980410030732138870@thebeast.demon.co.uk>,
> listbox@thebeast.demon.co.uk (Steve Rogers) wrote:
> 
> > Can someone please explain what the following items do?
> > 
> > 1) the Text Encoding Converter, and its folder of Text Encodings -
> > should I keep none, all, or just Western, Unicode & Symbol?
> 
> Something Cyberdog uses to handle other script systems.
> Keep them all unless you're short of space, then delete Chinese,
> Japanese and Korean -- they're the biggest ones.

Some other text editors use it too.
> 
> > 2) SOMObjects?
> 
> Library used by AppleScript, I think.  Keep it.

AppleScript doesn't use it but Apple Data Detectors and Cyberdog do.
> 
> > 3) System AV?
> 
> AudioVisual library installed onto Macs with AV hardware.

No -- Its required for the Monitors and Sound Control Panel


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Date: 1998/04/14
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