Re: FinderExtras Folder

[David A Lyons <dlyons@apple.com>]

In article <9417112.3130@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> Anthony Morton,
amorton@ee.mu.OZ.AU writes:
> Dave's point above: are they 'really' Permanent Inits or Finder
Extensions?
> My answer would be that they are both,

I meant specifically the filetype (as reported, say, in the Icon Info
window).

> and this is probably the reason why the
> Finder loads both Finder Extensions *and* any Permanent Inits it
finds in the
> FinderExtras folder.  Contrariwise, I take it that GS/OS ignores any
Finder
> Extensions it finds in System.Setup when it loads inits at boot time.

Yes, I made the Finder load $B6 files (permanent inits) from
FinderExtras because it can be useful (realizing at the time that it
would cause crashes+confusion when people put inappropriate stuff in
FinderExtras).

Yes, GS/OS skips right over Finder Extensions in System.Setup (it only
looks for PIFs and TIFs there).

Dave Lyons
Mr Tangent