Selecting an application

[Richard Gaskin]

Ken Ray wrote:

> An FYI to the list: Richard and I worked this out last night and it's
> something so easy, we both overlooked it:
> 
> answer file "Pick an app:" of type "APPL"
> 
> It turns out that in OS X, this filter is special to the OS, and it
> allows you to see and select apps of all different types (Cocoa,
> Carbon/Mach-O, Carbon/CFM and Classic).

Where that breaks is if you want to allow a user to select any file,
including both documents and applications.

I wouldn't mind a solution, but this being another example of the "Apple
tax" I don't mind designing around it and just documnting it appropriately.
;)

New question: How are apps distinguished on Unix?  It doesn't seem dependent
on the file extension....

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