Re: [WWdevel] [WWdevel]: Library Browser (SetMaker) question: "combining up"

[Sam H. <sh...@ma...>]

On Aug 31, 2005, at 16:51, Michael Gage wrote:

> What I'd REALLY like is resource forks for files a la the old mac  
> system --
> but that's not immediately available.  Perhaps there is some other  
> way to implement it.  How does the new Mac simulate
> "applications" that are really folders containing code files and  
> auxiliary files?

One option would be to define some kind of "PG package" format which  
would be a folder (perhaps with a .pgpkg extection) that would  
contain a .pg file, any number of auxiliary files, and perhaps a file  
containing metadata (maybe problem classification data).

This would be similar to the OS X bundle format that Apple has  
defined to replace dual-forked. See also <http://developer.apple.com/ 
documentation/CoreFoundation/Conceptual/CFBundles/>.
-sam