Re: Resources (Re: Sed)

[stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang)]

In article <1sbhtq$gi6@altitude.HIP.CAM.ORG> vandry@CAM.ORG (Phillip Vandry) writes:
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>If you assume users are going to do stupid things you are (1) insulting
>the user's intelligence (2) limiting yourself to novice-safe systems.

	Sure, it doesn't apply to all users, but it may apply to some.
I don't see it as a limitation, but...

>By that philosophy,. you'd better not make a program because the user
>might delete it! That philosophy is too Mac-ish.

	Where did the idea of resources come from?

>data in seperate files allows for flexible configuration. Like I said
>in csa2, if you don't like the title page delete the file "Title.Page".

	I don't think everything should be stuffed in resources, but I
think window templates and interface junk should be included in either
the data fork or resource fork.

	If you want modularity, separate files is the way to go.  DG
has a separate folder for external commands, so you can take an ext
and drop it into the folder.  But, on the other hand, you won't find
things like the menu definitions, tool bar or other necessary items in
a separate file.

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