On Oct 28, 2008, at 00:45 , Georg S. Weber wrote:
> often I'd like to "just have a quick look" into a spkg. > Then I copy it, rename it, tell Mac OS X that YES, I do want to rename > it, > and then I can open it with a mouse click, and change into the created > directory. > Finally I am able to scan the contents. > It would be nice to be quicker, and with keeping the hand on the mouse > all the time (I'm not a keyboarder). Another county heard from: -1 on this idea. I don't think the positives outweigh the negatives. The reasons have been well-articulated by William and Michael (among others); and the tools can be taught to do the right thing if it's a serious issue. For example "tar tf foo.spkg" works just fine on Mac OS X (10.5); and as Robert noted, you can teach the Finder with the Get-Info trick. Justin -- Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon at Large Director Institute for the Enhancement of the Director's income ----------- -- They said it couldn't be done, but sometimes, it doesn't work out that way. - Casey Stengel -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
