[Pythonmac-SIG] Fwd: MacPython icon mockup

[Brendan Simons]

On 20-Apr-06, at 5:51 AM, pythonmac-sig-request at python.org wrote:

>> The regular .py files should probably be badged "Python" as well,
>
> I think that's overkill; you don't see other apps doing this sort  
> of thing. Have some faith in your own material. :) Don't forget  
> that file names will already have a '.py' suffix, so they're  
> already in the boat with 99% of other OS X files that identify  
> their type through their filename suffix.
>
> (BTW, .py files should also identify themselves as 'Python scripts'  
> when folk who don't know what '.py' means do a 'Get Info' in  
> Finder. But I think IDLE's plist still needs to be set up correctly  
> for that.)

You do see other apps badging icons with the suffix.  It's standard  
procedure for those files which can be opened by more than one editor/ 
reader.  Take PDF for instance.  The preview icon is there, but so is  
"PDF", as a reminder that you don't -really- need to open it with  
preview.

Brendan

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