Re: [B2-devel] TESyncScrap (Thoughts on SheepShaver and Basilisk II)

[Robert M. <mr...@gm...>]

Oh really? That's pretty cool. Does it have NSPICTImageRep?

I have Snow Leopard (10.6) and as discussed here:

  http://forums.macworld.com/index.php?/topic/121419-preview-cant-open-pict-files/

and here:

  http://blog.timac.org/?p=456

it won't display PICT files in QuickView unless I boot in 32-bit
Kernel mode, and to open them into Preview I need to set the "Open in
32 Bit Mode" option in the Finder's info window for Preview.

Based on your report of reading PICT data on Lion, maybe Apple had to
back-track on their policy.

On 6/18/12, Charles Srstka <bas...@ch...> wrote:
> On Jun 18, 2012, at 1:41 AM, Robert Munafo wrote:
>
>> That might help a little bit -- but the main issue is on the host side.
>>
>> Apple does not provide 64-bit runtime libraries for any of Carbon,
>> such as is needed to convert PICT scrap data into another bitmap
>> format. In fact, all of QuickDraw is missing, and you can't even view
>> a PICT image on your Leopard (or later) Mac if you have it set to boot
>> with the 64-bit kernel (except by transferring the PICT data into an
>> emulator running an older Mac OS).
>
> Well, this doesn’t appear to be true; -[NSImage imageWithData:] seems to
> read PICT data on my Lion installation just fine. Opening the file with
> Preview also works.
>
> Charles

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