Re: About defaults tool on Windows

[David Ayers]

Xavier Glattard schrieb:
> Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard <at> tiptree.demon.co.uk> writes:
[snip]
>>
>>If so, should NSUserDefaults strip the .exe?  I don't know.
> 
> 
> I think it should. Two reasons :
> 
> - compatibility :
>   - a script (installation ?) that use defaults is not portable.
>   - a UserDefaults file is system dependent and can not be 
>     shared between Windows and linux
> - it's annoying ;-)
>   i always forget the '.exe' and dont understand why it doesnt work ;-)

Just another data point, interpret as you wish... but OPENSTEP on NT and
WO did strip the extensions to identify the domain name

C:\Apple\Local\Projects>defaults domains
Calculator ChangesTest EOFTestApp EOITest EOModeler EOTool FileMerge
GSMarkupBrowser ....

Cheers,
David