[X-Unix] path for terminal.app and x11

[William H. Magill]

On 16 May, 2005, at 11:56, Doug McNutt wrote:
> It's probably easier to edit the plist file with a text editor than  
> with the recommended plist editor. There is nothing binary in it.

Historically that was a true statement.

However, in Tiger, plist files ARE now binary (compiled, if you will)  
for speed reasons.

They can be converted to text easily, and text plist files are read  
just as easily as the binary ones.

While any plist file can be created with a text editor. If it is  
short enough, no performance hit occurs. However, longer files, such  
as those with state information, can be quite large and can involve  
significant performance hits.


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