[Pythonmac-SIG] Type/creator issues with MacPython on OS X

[Dinu Gherman]

Hello,

I'm trying to run ReportLab's software on MacPython 
which I've installed y'day on Mac OS X (and its classic 
emulation), but find a weird problem related, as it 
seems, to type/creator codes.

No matter wether I'm running the classic or carbonized 
version of MacPython I observe the following:

- when opening a Python file, only those are listed
  (selectable) in the dialog window that have a type/
  creator code TEXT/Pyth (and show a Python icon in 
  the Finder). Those Python files copied from external 
  sources (like a ZIP disk) or fetched from the web, 
  that do not have a type/creator code (or have empty 
  ones) do not appear in the dialog.

- when dropping a Python file without the TEXT/Pyth
  type/creator code on an icon of the Python IDE app
  I get a warning popup, saying "Can't open file of
  type ''." Dropping file with proper codes does open
  them as expected.

Can anybody confirm and/or explain this? Is it expected
behaviour? 

I should say that when updating to OS X I did not keep a 
native version of OS 9.1 on a different partition of the 
hard disk, so I cannot cross-check this on this OS. But
Just said it would work fine, there.

Thanks!

Dinu

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Dinu C. Gherman
ReportLab Consultant - http://www.reportlab.com
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