Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:39196 comp.sys.mac.programmer:9360 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!carl From: carl@Apple.COM (Carl C. Hewitt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Macintosh One-Liners Message-ID: <4452@internal.Apple.COM> Date: 28 Sep 89 23:59:27 GMT References: <221@vsserv.scri.fsu.edu> Distribution: na Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 20 In article <221@vsserv.scri.fsu.edu> pepke@loligo.cc.fsu.edu (Eric Pepke) writes: >A beep on opening a desk accessory means DA Handler is not in the System folder A beep could also mean that you don't have enough free memory to launch the DA Handler. >Save application preferences in a file in the Blessed Folder. If I'm not mistaken, Apple DTS has officially sanctified the use of a folder called "Preferences" in the System Folder for preference files. Programs have to be written to know about this folder, but if programmers start using it, it will have the nice effect of reducing the number of preference files in the system folder to a manageable number. -- Carl -- /-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | internet: carl@apple.com | Apple Computer, Mac CPU ROM group | | applelink: carl | uucp: {sun,decwrl}!apple!carl | \-----------------------------------------------------------------------------/