[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: One small thing about application names.... :)
From: |
ibotty |
Subject: |
Re: One small thing about application names.... :) |
Date: |
Tue, 18 Mar 2003 22:01:16 +0100 |
User-agent: |
KMail/1.5 |
pascal wrote:
> .app is the file package name extension for applications in GNUstep,
> OPENSTEP, MacOSX. Alternative file package name extensions for
> applications are .debug for applications compiled with -g -DDEBUG, and
> .profile for those compiled for profiling. IIRC, MacOSX is able to
> hide this extensions, (but this is not a good thing to do).
>
> Said otherwise, the .app is a technicality that is certainly not
> differenciating.
you are right.
that said, i think it is differenciating, just because we (gnustep) are the
only one using this technique on free unices/operating systems.
sincerly,
~ibotty