[Virtualacorn-list] File types between RISC OS and Mac

[Tim Powys-Lybbe]

On 6 Jul at 17:16, David Pitt <pittdj at pittdj.co.uk> wrote:

> Tim Powys-Lybbe, on 6 Jul, wrote:
> 
> > On 6 Jul at 11:12, David Pitt <pittdj at pittdj.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> [snip - SVG filetype]
> 
> > > A suitable entry in this file may assist.
> > > 
> > >
> >
>
/Applications/VirtualAcorn/VirtualRPC-AdjustSA/VirtualRPC.app/Contents/PlugIns/hostfs.bundle/Contents/Resources/extensions.txt
> > > 
> > > As tested from !Draw a save of the form SVG/svg appears in the Mac
> > > Finder without the aad suffix.
> > 
> > I wonder if I have an old version of VRPC as I can't get through
> > that path.  At this stage I have to click on 'Show Package Contents'
> > in a finder menu:
> > 
> >   /Applications/VirtualAcorn/VirtualRPC-AdjustSA/VirtualRPC.app/
> > 
> > That then shows the Contents filer so that I can get to:
> > 
> >  
> >
>
/Applications/VirtualAcorn/VirtualRPC-AdjustSA/VirtualRPC.app/Contents/PlugIns/hostfs.bundle/
> > 
> > But 'hostfs.bundle' is a file and I can get no further.  If I double
> > click on this file a Terminal window opens and, as ever, I am lost
> > without guidance in words of less than one syllable!
> 
> Select hostfs.bundle and 'Show Package Contents'.

Bingo, and marvellous.  It works like a dream.  I should have thought
more about unbundling.

Many thanks.



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Tim Powys-Lybbe                                           tim at powys.org
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