#: 16716 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    19-Oct-92  09:58:06
Sb: #16709-#Desktop hacks
Fm: Mike Haaland 72300,1433
To: Mark Griffith 76070,41 (X)


Sounds like Open Look 3 has file types down pat.  It would take some doing
under OSK tho.  Right now it looks at the fd_att byte to determine what kind of
file it is.  Then it checks to see if the extention matches an AIF.  So the
file is never opened.  This makes it real fast.  I'd imagine it would slow to a
crawl if DeskTop check for a module header on every file with an exec bit set,
especially if you click on the CMDS dir. ;)

OTOH, I really only need to check the file if it's double clicked on, right? At
that point I could do some checking of the file type.

Lemme play with this and I'll see what I can come up with.

 - Mike -

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