extensions outside of Finder

[jmk3@crux2.cit.cornell.edu (Jay Krell)]

>From: 90taobri@CHASM.SCAR.UTORONTO.CA (Brian Tao)
 
>    Unfortunately, FExtNDA only sends out certain finderSays messages.
>That won't let you use FX's like QuickLaunch or INITMaster.  I'd love to
>see an NDA which places an "Extras" menu in every application.
 
(please post only once Brian)
 
Recreating the Extras would be difficult for an NDA. The only requests
extensions are expected to anticipate outside of Finder are
finderSaysBeforeOpen and finderSaysOpenFailed. Therefore, an NDA would have to
recreate the entire Finder environment to completely handle extensions.
However, QuickLaunch, for one, only (I guess) requires the Extras menu and none
of the Finder's other services. Also, if anything asked
tellFinderGetSelectedIcons, the NDA would respond with no icons. But how to
deal with tellFinderSetSelectedIcons or other requests for action?
 
Btw, it would be much simpler for the NDA to put Extras in its own window, not
the System menu bar.
 
If an extension seems Finder-independent and you want it outside of Finder, ask
the other for an NDA.
 
  --Jay, jay.krell@cornell.edu