Impact of Squeak installation on OS-X

> Hi!
>
> I may be a bit picky with my query.
>
> I installed Squeak, Squeakland etc and had a play with them. They are
> interesting and they need further study on my part.
>
> I have one little nitpick! I noticed just recently, that the installation
> has made a small change to my OS-X Leopard which is annoying. With some of
> the ICC profile folders stored under the
> /Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter/ICCProfiles/... directory, similarly
> with Canon profiles, the icons have changed and I cannot open them with a
> double click because they are now have Squeak as the default application.
> How do I correct this? There should not be any default application in the
> first place (I think). Or if there is a default app then it really should be
> something else (I don't know what though) just not Squeak.
>
> I think an application should really be as unobtrusive as possible.
>
> Any suggestions on how to fix this will be appreciated.
>
> Regards.
>
> Stephen Ng
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> Hi!
>
> I may be a bit picky with my query.
>
> I installed Squeak, Squeakland etc and had a play with them. They  
> are interesting and they need further study on my part.
>
> I have one little nitpick! I noticed just recently, that the  
> installation has made a small change to my OS-X Leopard which is  
> annoying. With some of the ICC profile folders stored under the /
> Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter/ICCProfiles/... directory,  
> similarly with Canon profiles, the icons have changed and I cannot  
> open them with a double click because they are now have Squeak as  
> the default application. How do I correct this? There should not be  
> any default application in the first place (I think). Or if there is  
> a default app then it really should be something else (I don't know  
> what though) just not Squeak.
>
> I think an application should really be as unobtrusive as possible.

> Am 19.08.2008 um 09:47 schrieb Stephen Ng:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I may be a bit picky with my query.
>>
>> I installed Squeak, Squeakland etc and had a play with them. They  
>> are interesting and they need further study on my part.
>>
>> I have one little nitpick! I noticed just recently, that the  
>> installation has made a small change to my OS-X Leopard which is  
>> annoying. With some of the ICC profile folders stored under the /
>> Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter/ICCProfiles/... directory,  
>> similarly with Canon profiles, the icons have changed and I cannot  
>> open them with a double click because they are now have Squeak as  
>> the default application. How do I correct this? There should not be  
>> any default application in the first place (I think). Or if there  
>> is a default app then it really should be something else (I don't  
>> know what though) just not Squeak.
>>
>> I think an application should really be as unobtrusive as possible.
>
>
> Indeed - thanks for noticing and reporting this! On my system I even  
> have the option to open these profiles with the Qwaq or Scratch VMs ;)
>
> Apparently the Squeak VM's info.plist registers itself as editor for  
> the type BNDL. Squeak plugins are "BNDLFAST" and profiles are  
> "BNDL????" so to the Finder both match BNDL.
>
> I do not know why John added BNDL as document type, I guess we can  
> just remove that. The icon is stored in each plugin so that can't be  
> the reason. John?
>
>> Any suggestions on how to fix this will be appreciated.
>
>
> It shouldn't hurt in any way. I do not know how to remove a file  
> association, I think you can only use the Finder's File Info dialog  
> to select a different default app, but not remove it.
>
> - Bert -
>
>

> Hi! everyone,
>
> Thanks for the swift replies. I will attempt to fix the problem as suggested
> by Tim. You are right Bert, it is possible to change to another default app
> but to remove a default app entirely?!! I suppose its in some .plist
> somewhere on the system. The question is which. Anyone out there know?
>
> Stephen
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