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Re: Will there be a CiderXPress?

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From Mark P M Lim <marklim@macgui.com>
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Subject Re: Will there be a CiderXPress?
Date Sun, 14 Jul 2013 09:42:49 +0000 (UTC)
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Hugh Hood wrote:
> Mark:
> 
> I think you've got the makings of a fine project, and hope that you
> continue
> to tweak it.
>

Thanks, Hugh for the encouragement. The program as-is does not do justice to
Andy McFadden's work.

>
> Anyway, as you continue on (CiderXPress does have a nice sound to it), I
> would ask that you consider preserving (since this is on Mac OS X) the
> ProDOS file attributes via the tried-and-true Finder attributes of Creator
> Code and FileType. I know, I know that the Creator Code is deprecated, but
> it's still available. FileType allows ProDOS File Type and Aux Type to be
> preserved, and is preferable, I think, to file extensions or xattrs.
>

No problems preserving the ProDOS FileType and AuxType of files but I have
difficulty with the dates (creation & modification). CiderPress' source code
doesn't seem to have a separate method for changing the dates.

Regards.

Mark
PS. Can't seem to reply through Google.

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Will there be a CiderXPress? markpmlim@yahoo.com.sg - 2013-07-11 20:22 -0700
  Re: Will there be a CiderXPress? Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> - 2013-07-13 13:09 -0500
    Re: Will there be a CiderXPress? Mark P M Lim <marklim@macgui.com> - 2013-07-14 09:42 +0000
      Re: Will there be a CiderXPress? Mark P M Lim <marklim@macgui.com> - 2013-08-02 02:44 +0000
        Re: Will there be a CiderXPress? Alex Lee <alelee@mac.com> - 2013-08-02 16:45 +1000
          Re: Will there be a CiderXPress? Mark P M Lim <marklim@macgui.com> - 2013-08-18 03:25 +0000
            Re: Will there be a CiderXPress? "Bill Buckels" <bbuckels@mts.net> - 2013-08-19 07:48 -0500
            Re: Will there be a CiderXPress? Alex Lee <alelee@mac.com> - 2014-02-08 15:38 +1100

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