6600pete@hub.UUCP (01/06/90)
From article <1998@eric.mpr.ca>, by hui@joplin.mpr.ca (Michael Hui): > In article <5900@ncar.ucar.edu> hpoppe@bierstadt.UCAR.EDU (Herb Poppe) writes: >>A feature of the Versaterm terminal emulation program allows one to set >>the creator string for the TEXT files it produces. All such files can >>then be displayed by simply double clicking on them from the desktop. > Really? What program's creator code should I insert? Wouldn't the > program then assume the file is in its internal format and generate > interesting results? All applications should be set up to default to TeachText's creator code. If they're not, blame the applications, not the Mac. No, an application won't assume that the file is in its own internal format, because there is also a file type, which in this case would be TEXT. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pete Gontier | InterNet: 6600pete@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu, BitNet: 6600pete@ucsbuxa Editor, Macker | Online Macintosh Programming Journal; mail for subscription Hire this kid | Mac, DOS, C, Pascal, asm, excellent communication skills