[Gllug] AppleDouble file?

[Andy Farnsworth]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Halliwell
> Sent: June 05 2003 10:16
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] AppleDouble file?
>
> Aye, apple do some very wasteful things with files, like embedding
> thumbnails in their resource forks. Rather silly really.
>
> I suppose in the old days of the LCII, it might've saved a lot of time and
> processor to do it that way though.

The idea behind this was to add features to the file information system.
Such as, allowing for simple and easy Internationalization of text strings,
Multiple Icons for the same file, file identification mechanism other than
through "dot 3" extensions, etc. etc. etc.

Andy Farnsworth


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