Re: [MacPerl-Porters] default type/creator

In article <p05100303b7fdb02b43c5@[10.0.1.177]>,
 [email protected] (Chris Nandor) wrote:

> >
> >>If MacPerl doesn't know anything about a file I create
> >>with Net::FTP should MacPerl set type to TEXT?
> >>
> >>Just thinking about a really unimportant detail ... :)
> >
> >I've been hunting around a bit, but I can't find exactly what sets the
> >default type. Does anybody else know?
> 
> GUSI.
> 
> This is editable, in theory, in a GU…I resource, which is not currently
> supported in the beta, but is supported in 5.2.0r4.  You can change it
> there.
> 
> >I tend to agree that, when a file is transferred as text, the default
> >type may well be text, but when transferred as binary, it should be some
> >binary type, definitely not text.
> 
> There's no way to handle that in MacPerl itself, that I can think of.  It
> has to be in the perl code doing the downloading.

Chris, is it possible to add a preference to MacPerl for "Default File 
type and creator for files created with MacPerl"? And have some way to 
override this with a MacPerl-specific config option in the script, 
perhaps? 

I can envision one or both text boxes with a "same as" button that you 
could concievably use to navigate to a file and have the app get the 
type or creator that way. 

If this meets with approval I could add it to the Feature Request 
section.

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