Re: SystemPreferences

[Chris Vetter]

On 2006-02-24 11:07:47 +0100 Dennis Leeuw <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> Would this also mean the we need a /System/Library/Inspectors 
> /System/Library/Finder /System/Library/TextConverters 
> /System/Library/GSPrinting just no name a view others that are 
> falling in the 
> same category. Or am I somehow missing the point here?

I don't know ;-)
As I said, this was just a thought, and *I* could probably be mistaken.

The way I see it is that Bundles are part of an application, that 
could possibly be used by other applications as well. For example, 
think of a web browser that has a generic history manager in a bundle. 
An FTP client could re-use said bundle for it's download history. 
(Stupid example, but you get the idea).

OTOH, a preference pane of SystemPreferences is different, IMPOV. 
Sure, it is implemented as a bundle, but its only purpose is to 
provide a "service" in/to SystemPreferences and no other application 
_should_ use it (of course they could, but I do not see a point in 
doing so).

So, the only reason for storing preference panes NOT in .../Bundles/ 
is to distinguish between a 'real' bundle and a pref-pane. IMHO, this 
would make the Library directory look a bit 'cleaner.'

Question to the OSX users -- how/where does OSX store pref panes? 
Maybe we could/should just mimick their setup.

--
Chris