Re: DiskBrowser Software - Work In Progress

["John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid>]

In article 
<8426056d-4d2a-47c2-aaa0-9823279b2db9@q26g2000prq.googlegroups.com>,
 Kallikak <ken.wessen@gmail.com> wrote:

> Why not provide source so people who want support for particular
> formats can simply add them and share the code?

This is how I got involved in AppleCommander. I needed cross-platform, 
command-line Pascal support; it was easier to add features than start 
over.

> The advantage over CiderPress will of course be portability because of
> java, but it will need to match the features.

I admire Andy's decision to go open source. He's set a high standard, 
and CiderPress fans are loyal largely because of his continued efforts.

> At any rate, I couldn't actually try it out since I only have java 5
> on this box, and am travelling so I am away from my better equipped
> machines.

You might look at AppleCommander. It runs under 1.4+, and the command 
line version runs under 1.3.

<http://applecommander.sourceforge.net/>

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