Kim Cascone

I was poking around in my max-help file and found two types of files 

- Max binary file - icon is a whisk with 'maxb' along the bottom

- HELP - icon is a '?' inside a life preserver looking circle

I am able to launch the binary by dragging it onto the Max app but 

unable to drag the HELP type onto the Max app

example: absolutepath.help is a HELP type file while the banger.help 

I know the binary types are older and therein lies some of the 

but can someone point me to the page in the manual where it explains 

and if it doesn't then offer me an explanation?

I was poking around in my max-help file and found two types of files  
all suffixed with .help:
- Max binary file - icon is a whisk with 'maxb' along the bottom
- HELP - icon is a '?' inside a life preserver looking circle

I am able to launch the binary by dragging it onto the Max app but  
unable to drag the HELP type onto the Max app

example: absolutepath.help is a HELP type file while the banger.help  
is a binary type file

I know the binary types are older and therein lies some of the  
explanation...
but can someone point me to the page in the manual where it explains  
this?
and if it doesn't then offer me an explanation?


help-vs-binary-file

.help files on OS X with those icons are documents for the Help 

Viewer application, a small HTML browser to peruse help files if you 

choose the help menu from apps (Apple - ?)

select the .help files that you think are max files, get info, then 

On Oct 12, 2006, at 12:56 PM, Kim Cascone wrote:

> I was poking around in my max-help file and found two types of 

> - Max binary file - icon is a whisk with 'maxb' along the bottom

> - HELP - icon is a '?' inside a life preserver looking circle

> I am able to launch the binary by dragging it onto the Max app but 

> unable to drag the HELP type onto the Max app

> example: absolutepath.help is a HELP type file while the 

> I know the binary types are older and therein lies some of the 

> but can someone point me to the page in the manual where it 

> and if it doesn't then offer me an explanation?

.help files on OS X with those icons are documents for the Help  
Viewer application, a small HTML browser to peruse help files if you  
choose the help menu from apps (Apple - ?)

select the .help files that you think are max files, get info, then  
say open with Max.app

> I was poking around in my max-help file and found two types of  
> files all suffixed with .help:
> - Max binary file - icon is a whisk with 'maxb' along the bottom
> - HELP - icon is a '?' inside a life preserver looking circle
>
> I am able to launch the binary by dragging it onto the Max app but  
> unable to drag the HELP type onto the Max app
>
> example: absolutepath.help is a HELP type file while the  
> banger.help is a binary type file
>
> I know the binary types are older and therein lies some of the  
> explanation...
> but can someone point me to the page in the manual where it  
> explains this?
> and if it doesn't then offer me an explanation?
>


never mind ...I RTFForum and found my answer...sorry for the waste of 

thanks to Philippe Ollivier for the answer!:

> Apple + i on one of the help file and select MaxMSP for "Open with : "

On Oct 12, 2006, at 9:56 AM, Kim Cascone wrote:

never mind ...I RTFForum and found my answer...sorry for the waste of  
bandwidth...
thanks to Philippe Ollivier for the answer!:

> Apple + i on one of the help file and select MaxMSP for "Open with : "
> After this click on "modify all"

help vs binary file?