Re: Bug report in listfiles context ...
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texte = I agree that technically this is may not be a bug, but folder aliases are supposed to appear to the user (and behave) like the folders they are linked to, and this bug makes that impossible -- so I'm still going to call it a bug until it gets fixed.And what solution do we have if SMSI doesn't correct this problem?This is one of those issues Grant was referring to as impossible for the user to work around. Let's face it, there are no other webcat capabilities at our disposal to let us work around this issue -- no [isFolderAlias] tag to work with -- which means we are at the mercy of SMSI to make it work the way it should work.And if they never fix it, we can never expand our use of this software beyond this limitation, no matter how much we might want or need to ...>I don't think this is a bug since an alias is a file, however, >I can definately see where your are coming from. > >I to would like to see this context adapted for folder aliases. > >Donovan > > > >Kenneth Grome wrote: > >> There's an apparent bug in the most recent MacOS version of webcat >> (it was probably there in earlier versions but I haven't checked). >> >> This bug makes webcat report a folder alias as a file -- instead of >> reporting it as a folder in a listfiles context. >> >> The following example code lists every folder as a folder, but it >> lists every folder *alias* as a file instead of as a folder: >> >> [listfiles path=webfolder/] >> [showif [isfile]=t][filename]
[/showif] >> [/listfiles] >> >> Since an alias represents toe item is it linked to, which in this >> case is a folder, this bug makes it impossible to list subfolders >> properly when those subfolders are represented by folder aliases. >> >> Yes, I have a good idea of why this happens, so my concern now is: >> >> SMSI, can you correct this problem? >> >> Sincerely, >> Kenneth Grome >> >> > >-- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ><><> Donovan Brooke <><>->ï > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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I agree that technically this is may not be a bug, but folder aliases are supposed to appear to the user (and behave) like the folders they are linked to, and this bug makes that impossible -- so I'm still going to call it a bug until it gets fixed.And what solution do we have if SMSI doesn't correct this problem?This is one of those issues Grant was referring to as impossible for the user to work around. Let's face it, there are no other webcat capabilities at our disposal to let us work around this issue -- no [isFolderAlias] tag to work with -- which means we are at the mercy of SMSI to make it work the way it should work.And if they never fix it, we can never expand our use of this software beyond this limitation, no matter how much we might want or need to ...>I don't think this is a bug since an alias is a file, however, >I can definately see where your are coming from. > >I to would like to see this context adapted for folder aliases. > >Donovan > > > >Kenneth Grome wrote: > >> There's an apparent bug in the most recent MacOS version of webcat >> (it was probably there in earlier versions but I haven't checked). >> >> This bug makes webcat report a folder alias as a file -- instead of >> reporting it as a folder in a listfiles context. >> >> The following example code lists every folder as a folder, but it >> lists every folder *alias* as a file instead of as a folder: >> >> [listfiles path=webfolder/] >> [showif [isfile]=t][filename]
[/showif] >> [/listfiles] >> >> Since an alias represents toe item is it linked to, which in this >> case is a folder, this bug makes it impossible to list subfolders >> properly when those subfolders are represented by folder aliases. >> >> Yes, I have a good idea of why this happens, so my concern now is: >> >> SMSI, can you correct this problem? >> >> Sincerely, >> Kenneth Grome >> >> > >-- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ><><> Donovan Brooke <><>->ï > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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