rcbaem@eutrc3.UUCP (Ernst Mulder) (02/15/89)
The problem with the HFS file system is that ALL folders are really
separate tree-entries. So when I create a file INITs or whatever in the
System Folder they can't be seen by INIT 31 which looks only in the
System Folder itself. What I would suggest is a new type of Folder,
maybe give it a different name, which is TRANSPARENT to the
path it's located in. Graphically a bit like this
Folder 1
/ | \
Folder 2 Folder 3 Folder 4 // Map 1 // Map 2
/ \ |
Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7
It's difficult to draw diagrams 'live' :)
Anyway: The 'Folder's are the ordinary kind of HFS folders. What I
temperally called 'Map's are non-HFS folders. So, from Folder 4 I
can see a folder called Folder 7 AND (!!) the contents of Map 1 and
Map 2.
This way I can keep my System Folder (and other folders) 'neat'.
Summary: Why not mix HFS and non-HFS folders?
Hmmm, what icon should it have? Something close to a folder at least,
since it is a kind of folder but the again it should be visible
whether it's HFS or not. Maybe it could just be a folder's property?
I mean something like the finder-attributes?
I hope this letter's not too puzzling. :)
Ernst.
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jurjen@cwi.nl (Jurjen N.E. Bos) (02/15/89)
In article <481@eutrc3.UUCP> rcbaem@eutrc3.UUCP (Ernst Mulder) writes: >What I would suggest is a new type of Folder, >maybe give it a different name, which is TRANSPARENT to the >path it's located in. Graphically a bit like this We had this discussion a while ago, and the conclusion was that it was not a good idea. There is already a folder. We can see it as an operating system flaw that the INIT scanner does not search, for example, System Folder:INITs or something. It is very user-unfriendly to make two different kinds of folders, that are only a difference for the computer, and not for the user. This is only puzzling. -- -- Jurjen N.E. Bos (jurjen@cwi.nl)
aberg@math.rutgers.edu (Hans Aberg) (02/17/89)
There is a rumour that Apple will at some point allow for distinguished folders inside the System Folder. Hans Aberg