Further digging reveals that the OSX feature 'Show Package Contents' is
available for all packages - not just applications. Visibility seems to be
controlled by bundle flags set on the file extension in the Launch.Services
database, such as this entry for a coda plugin
uti: com.panic.coda.plugin
description: Coda Plug-in
flags: imported inactive untrusted
icon: Contents/Resources/plug-ins.icns
conforms to: com.apple.bundle , com.apple.package
tags: .codaplugin
The MindManager 9 for Mac entries lack these flags and so, no package
behaviour.
Unfortunately, these flags at file level to unlock a single file and I wouldn't
trust my Terminal skills to even attempt to go hacking into the Launch.Services
database (or rebuild it after hacking the associated plists).
So, I think for now, the first step of my utility is a mandraulic copy & paste
of the XML file's content into a LiveCode source file dump field for
post-processing - where the fun stuff begins ;-)
Best,
Keith..
On 20 Jun 2012, at 20:12, Keith Clarke wrote:
> Nice idea but the xml file itself isn't accessible within the Finder and
> dragging the file into Terminal from within the Text Wrangler Disk Browser
> returns only the enclosing file's path.
>
> I've also tried changing the file extension to .app to see if OSX would then
> allow 'Show Package Contents', but sadly, no.
>
> There may be another file-level flag that governs this behaviour - I'll do
> some more digging.
> Best,
> Keith..
>
> On 20 Jun 2012, at 19:10, Colin Holgate wrote:
>
>> One thing you could try is to open Terminal and drag the xml file into the
>> window. It will then show you the path to that file. Might give some clues
>> to what is going on.
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