Re: Where to put info about apps in OS X?
- From: Madwen <wyvern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:25:52 -0600
In article <0001HW.C3C3FAC8001CD4A1B01AD9AF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:34:09 -0600, Hylton Boothroyd wrote
(in article <1ibg05x.17u8eaz1d1mopyN%hylton.boothroyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):
When I download .dmg files for apps,
the decoded app itself goes in "Applications" at sysadmin level.
But I can't find a satisfactory place for any informative leftovers that
aren't automatically installed as the required support for the app:
- readme's, histories, and other stuff from the .dmg
- webpages, usenet articles and the like that have useful comments
to save from the build-up of deciding to go for that app.
To me the real issue here is why the developers of applications don't adhere
to the convention of creating a package which would normally reside in the
Applications folder, a package which would contain all of the various
appendages, such as documentation and such. It seems that there is an urge to
have the application's components splattered hither, thither, and yon
throughout the Mac's file structure.
I'm with you on this. It's often impossible to know, at a glance,
whether the documentation and subsidiary files are included in a
download or not. I like to have most of the app-related files,
especially PDF manuals, in one spot with the application.
.
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