A cross-platform answer file?

[Richard Gaskin]

Robert Brenstein wrote:

> Doug Lerner wrote:
> 
>> I wonder why Rev can't allow extension-like filters for OS X though...
> 
> 
> It seems that this is a recognized bug (see bug 605 in Bugzilla) but
> it is marked for resolution later, whatever that means. May be
> because it has only 6 votes. I like the proposed there and/or syntax
> for filters/types.

Tuviah's willingness to compensate for Apple's shortcomings is commendable,
but I can't help but wonder how many thousands of programmer hours worldwide
would be saved if Apple addressed the issue at the source.

OS X bundles contain all the info Apple would need to allow the SFGet dialog
calls to automatically filter by file name extension as well as the older
Finder file type code.

Apple's recommended solution is for every programmer to write a custom
filter proc when calling the Nav Services GetFile dialog.  To handle all
possible combinations, Tuviah's task is to create a universal filter proc
which does this on the fly.

My question is:  If Apple expects Tuviah to do this, why can't we expect
Apple to do it?

I'd much rather see Tuviah and all other Mac developers spend their time
making cool features that really show off what OS X has to offer rather than
spending time reinventing forgotten wheels.

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