A "framework" is a shared library that's versioned in such a way that
it's possible to have multiple revisions side by side. The frameworks
that are in the System folder are the runtime (dynamically-linked)
libraries; the frameworks that are under /Developer (assuming you
install Xcode) are the developer headers, APIs, and library stubs.
OpenAL is standard on OSX 10.4.8; I don't know about anything before
that. OpenGL is the basis for the Quartz and Quartz Extreme graphics
APIs, and thus is standard on everything 10.3+; again, I don't know
anything before that. (It's probably documented on
http://developer.apple.com/ somewhere.)
I do have Xcode installed and I do have the PDF documentation
installed -- trust me, with Spotlight, you almost don't need hypertext
(and many of the PDFs have appropriate hypertext links between
themselves anyway). I'm just too lazy to look it up right now. ;)
-Kyle H
On 4/18/07,
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> Checked this with "spotlight" a mac feature.
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> So, though I tried to analyse his screenshot, I don't wish to confuse
> by implying that I got it too.
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> Oh, I may have goofed in a post.
> Framework, though in the system folder, is something you program with.
> I don't know if you see frameworks if you are just having a user mac.
> My laptop did install frameworks but no hypertext documentation
> which would crowd its drives (ie. hard partitions for backup).
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-Kyle H
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