Grant Edwards wrote:
Where are the UTIs stored? Do OS X filesystems still have a "resource
fork"?
UTIs are stored as extended attributes.
Resource forks still exist, but they're deprecated. Things that
used to be kept in resource forks are now usually just files in
the application bundle -- w
Steve D'Aprano wrote:
They are still supported (-ish) by OS X, but have been superseded by Uniform
Type Identifiers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Type_Identifier
I know, what I'm not sure about is how much those are used
by apps these days, with so much of the widely used software
be
On 2017-12-15, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 09:48 am, Gregory Ewing wrote:
[...]
> Classic MacOS associated two such pieces of metadata with each file: the
> creator and type. [...]
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creator_code
>
>> I believe MacOSX also has the ability to store a
On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 11:48:20 +1300, Gregory Ewing wrote:
> Rhodri James wrote:
>> Even then there was RiscOS, which divorced file names from file types
>> entirely.
>
> As did classic MacOS.
>
> I believe MacOSX also has the ability to store a file type as metadata,
> but it doesn't seem to be u
On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 09:48 am, Gregory Ewing wrote:
> Rhodri James wrote:
>> Even then there was RiscOS, which divorced file names from file types
>> entirely.
>
> As did classic MacOS.
Classic MacOS associated two such pieces of metadata with each file: the
creator and type. Regardless of the op
Rhodri James wrote:
Even then there was RiscOS, which divorced file names from file types
entirely.
As did classic MacOS.
I believe MacOSX also has the ability to store a file type
as metadata, but it doesn't seem to be used much.
--
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On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 3:06 AM, Dennis Lee Bieber
wrote:
> C:\Users\Wulfraed>assoc .docx
> .docx=Word.Document.12
>
> C:\Users\Wulfraed>ftype word.document.12
> word.document.12="C:\Program Files\Microsoft
> Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "%1" /o "%u"
I'm almost afraid to ask... why "word.
On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 10:53 PM, Rhodri James wrote:
> On 14/12/17 07:25, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>> So it's an imperfect solution even as far as it goes, and a highly
>> limiting way to do things. I'm sure it made good sense back when
>> MS-DOS file systems ruled the Windows world, and 8.3 was
On 14/12/17 07:25, Chris Angelico wrote:
So it's an imperfect solution even as far as it goes, and a highly
limiting way to do things. I'm sure it made good sense back when
MS-DOS file systems ruled the Windows world, and 8.3 was just the way
of things.
Even then there was RiscOS, which divorce
On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 5:44 PM, Christian Gollwitzer wrote:
> Am 14.12.17 um 02:55 schrieb Chris Angelico:
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Rick Johnson
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 10:42:54 PM UTC-6, eryk sun wrote:
>>> [...]
That said, I don't see this fe
Am 14.12.17 um 02:55 schrieb Chris Angelico:
On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Rick Johnson
wrote:
On Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 10:42:54 PM UTC-6, eryk sun wrote:
[...]
That said, I don't see this feature as being very useful
compared to just using "open with" when I occasionally need
to o
On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Rick Johnson
wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 10:42:54 PM UTC-6, eryk sun wrote:
> [...]
>> That said, I don't see this feature as being very useful
>> compared to just using "open with" when I occasionally need
>> to open a file with a non-default progra
On Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 10:42:54 PM UTC-6, eryk sun wrote:
[...]
> That said, I don't see this feature as being very useful
> compared to just using "open with" when I occasionally need
> to open a file with a non-default program.
That's the point i was trying to make, but i think it may
On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 9:04 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 7:56 AM, eryk sun wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 5:43 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>>
>>> A Windows equivalent would be to have a .py file associated normally
>>> with the regular console, but some individual ones
On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 7:56 AM, eryk sun wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 5:43 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>> A Windows equivalent would be to have a .py file associated normally
>> with the regular console, but some individual ones associated with
>> pythonw.exe - without renaming them to .pyw
On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 5:43 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
> A Windows equivalent would be to have a .py file associated normally
> with the regular console, but some individual ones associated with
> pythonw.exe - without renaming them to .pyw. AFAIK there is no way to
> do this on Windows short of
On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 3:41 PM, eryk sun wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 12:54 AM, Rick Johnson
>> wrote:
>>> Chris Angelico wrote:
>>>
Which is why OS/2, back in the 1990s, had *multiple*
associations for any given file. You
On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 12:54 AM, Rick Johnson
> wrote:
>> Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>>> Which is why OS/2, back in the 1990s, had *multiple*
>>> associations for any given file. You could use file types
>>> (sadly not MIME types - this was
On Tue, 12 Dec 2017 05:52:41 -0800, Rick Johnson wrote:
> Rustom Mody wrote:
>> This thread is getting like a mini hologram of our current surreal time
>> If we can put aside who is right and wrong for a moment we see the
>> more frightening spectacle that Repubs and democrats, Remainers and
>> B
On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 12:54 AM, Rick Johnson
wrote:
> Chris Angelico wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> > Yeah… magic… in the category of mind-reading? sooth-
>> > saying?
>>
>> Which is why OS/2, back in the 1990s, had *multiple*
>> associations for any given file. You could use file types
>> (sadly not MIM
Rustom Mody wrote:
> This thread is getting like a mini hologram of our current
> surreal time If we can put aside who is right and wrong
> for a moment we see the more frightening spectacle that
> Repubs and democrats, Remainers and Brexiters and so on all
> over by getting more and more shrill
Chris Angelico wrote:
[...]
> > Yeah… magic… in the category of mind-reading? sooth-
> > saying?
>
> Which is why OS/2, back in the 1990s, had *multiple*
> associations for any given file. You could use file types
> (sadly not MIME types - this was before MIME was the one
> obvious standard
On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 12:37 PM, Rustom Mody wrote:
>
> This thread is getting like a mini hologram of our current surreal time…
> If we can put aside who is right and wrong for a moment we see the more
> frightening spectacle that Repubs and democrats, Remainers and Brexiters and
> so
> on all
This thread is getting like a mini hologram of our current surreal time…
If we can put aside who is right and wrong for a moment we see the more
frightening spectacle that Repubs and democrats, Remainers and Brexiters and so
on all over — by getting more and more shrill are not talking to each o
Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> Rick Johnson wrote:
> > And it's not like we can just pick file up and shake
> > it, in a crude attempt to intuit the contents.
>
> Yes we can!
BO??? Is that you?
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On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Steve D'Aprano
wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Dec 2017 11:29 am, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 10:10 AM, Rick Johnson
>> wrote:
>
>>> And it's not like we can just pick file up and shake
>>> it, in a crude attempt to intuit the contents.
>>
>> No, but fo
On Mon, 11 Dec 2017 11:29 am, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 10:10 AM, Rick Johnson
> wrote:
>> And it's not like we can just pick file up and shake
>> it, in a crude attempt to intuit the contents.
>
> No, but fortunately we have magic. And magic can tell us a lot about
> what
On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 10:10 AM, Rick Johnson
wrote:
> Rustom Mody wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> Whether there was nothing wrong in what I did, the "wrong-
>> right" was de facto, or de jure… I will leave to more wise
>> persons than myself
>
> A file with no extension (regardless of the OS or desktop
>
Rustom Mody wrote:
[...]
> Whether there was nothing wrong in what I did, the "wrong-
> right" was de facto, or de jure… I will leave to more wise
> persons than myself
A file with no extension (regardless of the OS or desktop
enviroment that it was created on), is like a sealed box with
no
On 10/12/17 07:01, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Steve D'Aprano
> wrote:
>> On Sun, 10 Dec 2017 02:01 pm, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 12:56 PM, Steve D'Aprano
>>> wrote:
Remember the context here: we're replying to a thread discussing someb
Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 12:56 PM, Steve D'Aprano
> wrote:
> > Remember the context here: we're replying to a thread discussing somebody
> > who
> > is running Ubuntu with a GUI desktop environment. Of course there are *some*
> > Linux systems which don't run a GUI at all,
On Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 11:15:15 AM UTC+5:30, Frank Millman wrote:
> "Rustom Mody" wrote in message
>
>
>
> I was sending some files to some students.
> Since it was more than one, the natural choice was a tarball.
> [I believe that since it was a very tiny total space I did not compre
On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Steve D'Aprano
wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Dec 2017 02:01 pm, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 12:56 PM, Steve D'Aprano
>> wrote:
>>> Remember the context here: we're replying to a thread discussing somebody
>>> who is running Ubuntu with a GUI desktop e
On Sun, 10 Dec 2017 02:01 pm, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 12:56 PM, Steve D'Aprano
> wrote:
>> Remember the context here: we're replying to a thread discussing somebody
>> who is running Ubuntu with a GUI desktop environment. Of course there are
>> *some* Linux systems which d
"Rustom Mody" wrote in message
news:4f25d0a9-64a5-4d36-b072-97e293a7c...@googlegroups.com...
I was sending some files to some students.
Since it was more than one, the natural choice was a tarball.
[I believe that since it was a very tiny total space I did not compress the
tarball… but I dont
On Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 10:12:38 AM UTC+5:30, Rustom Mody wrote:
> I was sending some files to some students.
> Since it was more than one, the natural choice was a tarball.
> [I believe that since it was a very tiny total space I did not compress the
> tarball… but I dont remember this
On Friday, December 8, 2017 at 6:40:17 AM UTC+5:30, Python wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 01:29:11PM +1100, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
> > On Thu, 7 Dec 2017 08:22 am, Python wrote:
> > >> > Linux doesn’t do “OS file associations”.
> > >>
> > >> Then how does my Linux box know that when I double-clic
On 10/12/17 04:01, Chris Angelico wrote:
> but is it really the case that you can't install Ubuntu without a GUI?
Of course not. There are millions of people using Ubuntu on servers,
without as much as a whiff of GUI.
I'm rather sure that the server version of Ubuntu makes significantly
more mone
On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 2:39 PM, Michael Torrie wrote:
> On 12/09/2017 08:01 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> Been a long time since I had an Ubuntu, but is it really the case that
>> you can't install Ubuntu without a GUI?
>
> Of course not. Ubuntu is used in headless server situations all the time.
On 12/09/2017 08:01 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> Been a long time since I had an Ubuntu, but is it really the case that
> you can't install Ubuntu without a GUI?
Of course not. Ubuntu is used in headless server situations all the time.
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On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 12:56 PM, Steve D'Aprano
wrote:
> Remember the context here: we're replying to a thread discussing somebody who
> is running Ubuntu with a GUI desktop environment. Of course there are *some*
> Linux systems which don't run a GUI at all, but you can't double-click on
> files
On Fri, 8 Dec 2017 12:08 pm, Python wrote:
> But more importantly, practically speaking, it still doesn't really
> provide much more help to the OP than Lawrence's answer.
I wasn't responding to the OP, I was responding to Lawrence. If I had a
solution for the OP beyond what others have already s
On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 12:58 AM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> alister :
>
>> On Wed, 06 Dec 2017 10:35:58 +1200, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
>>> Then how does my Linux box know that when I double-click on a text
>>> file, it launches kwrite rather than (say) the Gimp or LibreOffice?
>>>
>>> When I right-cli
alister :
> On Wed, 06 Dec 2017 10:35:58 +1200, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
>> Then how does my Linux box know that when I double-click on a text
>> file, it launches kwrite rather than (say) the Gimp or LibreOffice?
>>
>> When I right-click on a mp4 video, I get a menu that includes a Open
>> With com
On Wed, 06 Dec 2017 10:35:58 +1200, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Dec 2017 07:58 pm, Lawrence Dâ ÖOliveiro wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 3:39:26 AM UTC+13, Rick Johnson wrote:
>>>
>>> Sounds like your OS file associations are all botched-up ...
>>
>> Linux doesnâ Öt do â £OS fil
On Tue, 5 Dec 2017 07:58 pm, Lawrence Dâ ÖOliveiro wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 3:39:26 AM UTC+13, Rick Johnson wrote:
>>
>> Sounds like your OS file associations are all botched-up ...
>
> Linux doesnâ Öt do â £OS file associationsâ Ø.
Then how does my Linux box know that when I dou
On Monday, December 4, 2017 at 3:49:11 AM UTC-6, dhananjays...@gmail.com wrote:
> I am Dhananjay Singh,Student of IIIT Manipur. Sir/Mam when
> i am double click in python program (Dhananjay.py),it is
> opening in Text Editor by Default in Ubuntu.I want to run
> this program when i double click on i
On 2017-12-04 10:48, dhananjaysingh091...@gmail.com wrote:
> Respected Sir/Mam,
> I am Dhananjay Singh,Student of IIIT Manipur. Sir/Mam when i am
double click in python program (Dhananjay.py),it is opening in Text Editor by
Default in Ubuntu.I want to run this program when i double click on
Respected Sir/Mam,
I am Dhananjay Singh,Student of IIIT Manipur. Sir/Mam when i am double
click in python program (Dhananjay.py),it is opening in Text Editor by Default
in Ubuntu.I want to run this program when i double click on it as any *.Exe
file executes as in Window.
Sir please help me
On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 01:29:11PM +1100, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Dec 2017 08:22 am, Python wrote:
> >> > Linux doesn’t do “OS file associations”.
> >>
> >> Then how does my Linux box know that when I double-click on a text file, it
> >> launches kwrite rather than (say) the Gimp or Libr
On Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 8:29:23 PM UTC-6, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
[...]
> If the term "OS file associations" is ever so slightly
> inaccurate (it's not the actual OS kernel that does the
> associating, but the desktop environment), well, we can
> probably say the same thing about Mac
On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 01:29:11PM +1100, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
> Actually, no, the answer to my question is very simple: Lawrence is mistaken
> about Linux not doing file associations. It does -- it is merely handled by
> the desktop environment (if there is one).
We _can_ go one level below tha
On Thu, 7 Dec 2017 08:22 am, Python wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 10:35:58AM +1100, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
>> On Tue, 5 Dec 2017 07:58 pm, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> > On Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 3:39:26 AM UTC+13, Rick Johnson wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Sounds like your OS file associations
On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 10:35:58AM +1100, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Dec 2017 07:58 pm, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>
> > On Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 3:39:26 AM UTC+13, Rick Johnson wrote:
> >>
> >> Sounds like your OS file associations are all botched-up ...
> >
> > Linux doesn’t do “
On Tue, 5 Dec 2017 07:58 pm, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 3:39:26 AM UTC+13, Rick Johnson wrote:
>>
>> Sounds like your OS file associations are all botched-up ...
>
> Linux doesn’t do “OS file associations”.
Then how does my Linux box know that when I double-cl
On Monday, December 4, 2017 at 4:49:11 AM UTC-5, dhananjays...@gmail.com wrote:
> Respected Sir/Mam,
> I am Dhananjay Singh,Student of IIIT Manipur. Sir/Mam when i am
> double click in python program (Dhananjay.py),it is opening in Text Editor by
> Default in Ubuntu.I want to run this pro
On Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 2:58:44 AM UTC-6, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 3:39:26 AM UTC+13, Rick Johnson wrote:
> >
> > Sounds like your OS file associations are all botched-up ...
>
> Linux doesn't do "OS file associations".
True. But i'm not convinced that f
On Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 2:28:44 PM UTC+5:30, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 3:39:26 AM UTC+13, Rick Johnson wrote:
> >
> > Sounds like your OS file associations are all botched-up ...
>
> Linux doesn’t do “OS file associations”.
From a strict pov thats right
On 05/12/17 01:03, Michael Torrie wrote:
> On 12/04/2017 04:49 AM, Thomas Jollans wrote:
>> On 2017-12-04 10:48, dhananjaysingh091...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> Respected Sir/Mam,
>>> I am Dhananjay Singh,Student of IIIT Manipur. Sir/Mam when i am
>>> double click in python program (Dhananjay.py
On 12/04/2017 04:49 AM, Thomas Jollans wrote:
> On 2017-12-04 10:48, dhananjaysingh091...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Respected Sir/Mam,
>> I am Dhananjay Singh,Student of IIIT Manipur. Sir/Mam when i am
>> double click in python program (Dhananjay.py),it is opening in Text Editor
>> by Default i
On Monday, December 4, 2017 at 3:49:11 AM UTC-6, dhananjays...@gmail.com wrote:
> I am Dhananjay Singh,Student of IIIT Manipur. Sir/Mam when
> i am double click in python program (Dhananjay.py),it is
> opening in Text Editor by Default in Ubuntu.I want to run
> this program when i double click on i
On 2017-12-04 10:48, dhananjaysingh091...@gmail.com wrote:
> Respected Sir/Mam,
> I am Dhananjay Singh,Student of IIIT Manipur. Sir/Mam when i am
> double click in python program (Dhananjay.py),it is opening in Text Editor by
> Default in Ubuntu.I want to run this program when i double cl
Respected Sir/Mam,
I am Dhananjay Singh,Student of IIIT Manipur. Sir/Mam when i am double
click in python program (Dhananjay.py),it is opening in Text Editor by Default
in Ubuntu.I want to run this program when i double click on it as any *.Exe
file executes as in Window.
Sir please help
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