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Software

  • Rezilla: a resource forks editor for the MacOSX.
  • PList Compiler: a property compiler for Xcode.
  • Aete2sdef: a tool to convert aete resources to Scripting definition files (sdef).
  • Diff'nPatch: a complete application implementing on Mac the 'diff', 'patch' and 'cmp' Unix utilities with a graphic user interface.
  • Diff BOA, Patch BOA, Cmp BOA: ports to the Macintosh of the 'diff', 'patch' and 'cmp' Unix utilities as scriptable background only applications (BOA).
  • ToggleFork: drag and drop tool to transfer a file's resources from a fork to the other.
  • Alfizer: drag and drop tool to set the type and creator of text files to those of the Alpha editor.

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UTILITIES FOR MAC OS X

 

 Rezilla

 Description

 

Rezilla is a resource forks editor for the Macintosh (system OSX). It is a free software and an Open Source project.

Click here to go to Rezilla's Home Page on this site.

Click here to go to Rezilla's project at SourceForge.

 

 Doc

 

You can read the doc online in english or in french.

Screenshots are available here

 

 Download

 

All Rezilla binary releases, past and present, are available at SourceForge in the download area of the Rezilla project.

 

 PList Compiler

 Description

 

PList Compiler is a property list compiler for Xcode, Apple's development environment. It lets you build localized and non-localized plist files from plc and ploc source files within your Xcode projects.

Click here to go to PList Compiler's Home Page on this site.

 

 Doc

 

Read help and instructions here.

 

 Download

 

Go to the download section of the project at SourceForge.

 

 Aete2sdef

 Description

 

Aete2sdef is a simple application which generates Scripting definition files (sdef) from AppleScript Terminology resources. It can be useful for developers who want to transfer already existing resources to the new sdef format.

Click here to go to Aete2sdef's Home Page on this site.

 

 Doc

 

Read the instructions here.

Aete2sdef is scriptable so you can use it with AppleScript.

 

 Download

 

Go to the download section of the Aete2sdef page.

 

 Diff'nPatch

 Description

 

Diff'nPatch Diff'nPatch is a port to the Macintosh of the GNU 'diff', 'patch' and 'cmp' utilities. It lets you compare and find differences between two files or folders, collate two files, generate diffs in various formats, apply patches, compare files byte by byte.

Click here to go to Diff'nPatch's Home Page on this site.

A screenshot is available here

 

 Doc

 

You can read the doc from the Help file when the application is running.

 

 DiffBOA, PatchBOA, CmpBOA

 

DiffBOA, PatchBOA, CmpBOA are ports to the Macintosh of the 'diff', 'patch' and 'cmp' Unix utilities as scriptable background only applications (BOA). They run on OS9 and OSX. See Diff'nPatch's Home Page for more information.

 

 ToggleFork

 Description

 

Traditionally, Macintosh files have always been constituted of two forks: the data fork and the resource fork. The latter contains all kinds of resources (icons, menus, strings etc.), used by the application or by the system itself. The main draw back of this model is that, when a Macintosh file is copied to another system, it generally looses its resource fork and may become unusable. With bundled applications, Apple has introduced the notion of resources stored in the data fork of a file rather than in the resource fork.

ToggleFork is a simple drag and drop tool which lets you transfer the resources from one fork to the other.

 

 Usage

 

Just drag a file over the icon of ToggleFork:

  • if it is a traditional file with both a data fork and a resource fork, its resource fork will be rewritten in the data fork of a separate file called by default "Out.datafork". The original file is unmodified.
  • if it is a file containing resources in its datafork, all its resources will be copied to the resource fork of a separate file called by default "Out.rsrcfork". The original file is unmodified.
ToggleFork is scriptable so you can also drive it with AppleScript.

 

 Download

 

ToggleFork.hqx (13k)

 

 Alfizer

 Description

 

Alfizer is a simple drag and drop tool which lets you set the type and creator of files to 'TEXT' and 'ALFA' respectively. This is useful only for users of the Alpha family of text editors who have files coming from external projects or created with another text editor and want them to be edited directly by Alpha when double-clicking.

It is a Carbon tool: you can use it on OS9 or OSX as well.

 

 Usage

 

You can select as many files as you wish in the Finder and drag-and-drop them onto the icon of Alfizer. Folders are ignored.

 

 Download

 

Download the tool:

Alfizer.hqx (9k)

The source code is available here:

Alfizer_Src.hqx (24k)

 

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