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Re: Opening a file that's inside a package

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Opening a file that's inside a package
Date 2017-01-12 20:43 +0000
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Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2017-01-12, isw <isw@witzend.com> wrote:
>> I know about "Show Package Contents", but what I want to do is, within 
>> an "Open-Save" dialog, navigate directly to a file that's inside a 
>> package.
>> 
>> How?
> 
> Some applications allow you to view contents of packages and invisible
> files (TextWrangler's dialogs are a good example), and others don't. For
> the ones that don't, there's a simple work-around solution: If you view
> any folder within the package in a Finder window, you can drag items
> from the Finder window into the open/save dialog box listing area to go
> there.

I neglected to mention: You can use the Command-Shift-Period shortcut in
open/save dialogs to display hidden files and folders; but doing so won't
allow you to dig into packages if the application owning the dialog doesn't
allow it.

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Opening a file that's inside a package isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2017-01-12 11:28 -0800
  Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-12 19:47 +0000
    Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-12 20:43 +0000
      Re: Opening a file that's inside a package me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2017-01-14 16:45 +0000
        Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-14 17:10 +0000
          Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-01-14 12:35 -0500
            Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-14 19:39 +0000
              Re: Opening a file that's inside a package shima.tetsuo@dai.tokyo.teikoku (島鉄雄) - 2017-01-22 04:56 +0000
                Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-22 05:33 +0000
          Re: Opening a file that's inside a package me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2017-01-14 19:27 +0000
            Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-14 19:40 +0000
        Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Krzysztof Mitko <invalid@kmitko.at.list.dot.pl> - 2017-01-14 20:18 +0100
        Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-01-14 19:20 +0000
          Re: Opening a file that's inside a package me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2017-01-15 16:13 +0000
            Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-01-16 15:24 +0000
              Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-16 16:07 +0000
                Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-01-16 21:59 +0000
    Re: Opening a file that's inside a package isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2017-01-12 20:29 -0800
      Re: Opening a file that's inside a package befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) - 2017-01-13 09:50 +0100
        Re: Opening a file that's inside a package isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2017-01-13 09:24 -0800
          Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-14 02:31 +0000
            Re: Opening a file that's inside a package isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2017-01-13 20:46 -0800
              Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-14 06:41 +0000
  Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-01-12 15:05 -0500
    Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-12 20:09 +0000
      Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-01-12 15:22 -0500
        Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-12 20:40 +0000
        Re: Opening a file that's inside a package JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-01-12 16:35 -0500
        Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-01-12 22:11 +0000
          Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-12 22:19 +0000
            Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-01-13 03:11 +0000
              Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-13 04:09 +0000
                Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-01-13 08:07 +0000
            Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2017-01-13 18:35 -0800
              Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-14 06:41 +0000
                Re: Opening a file that's inside a package "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2017-01-18 20:57 +0100
                Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-18 19:58 +0000
                Re: Opening a file that's inside a package "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2017-01-20 19:18 +0100
                Re: Opening a file that's inside a package John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2017-01-21 18:13 -0800
                Re: Opening a file that's inside a package "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2017-01-27 00:07 +0100
                Re: Opening a file that's inside a package John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2017-01-29 15:50 -0800
                Re: Opening a file that's inside a package "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2017-01-30 16:24 +0100
  Re: Opening a file that's inside a package Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-01-12 22:06 +0000

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