tomc@mntgfx.MENTOR.COM (Tom Carstensen) (10/03/87)
We haven't been recieving any news, so I'm reposting this in hope for some responses. Most text editors save information (such as font, fontsize, tabs, etc) in the resource fork of the text file. Every text editor used on the file adds to the list of resources. THE SCENARIO: I Have just saved a text file with my own text editor which uses a resource file to store such information. Now I use two other editors, which when selecting SAVE add their own resource information. This text file STILL has a CREATOR type from my text editor . QUESTION: Should my text editor delete the others resources from the text file when it save the file again? I beleive that the text file should only contain resource information that is associated with it's CREATOR field. Therefore, when I save to my text editor-text files, I should delete other resources. But when I am saving to someone elses text file, I should not delete them, and I SHOULD NOT put my own their. Having everyone add thier resources to the file seems wasteful, and could get ridiculous. Well? :------------------------------------------------------------: : Tom Carstensen Usenet: tomc@mntgfx.MENTOR.COM : : Mentor Graphics GEnie: : :------------------------------------------------------------: