ResKnife
Encyclopedia
ResKnife is an open source
resource editor for the Apple Macintosh
platform. It supports reading and writing resource maps to any fork
(data, resource
or otherwise) and has basic template-based and hexadecimal editing functionality. ResKnife can export resource data to flat files and supports third-party plug-in editors.
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
resource editor for the Apple Macintosh
Macintosh
The Macintosh , or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a...
platform. It supports reading and writing resource maps to any fork
Fork (filesystem)
In a computer file system, a fork is byte stream associated with a file system object. Every non-empty file must have at least one fork, and depending on the file system, a file may have one or more other associated forks, which in turn may contain primary data integral to the file, or just metadata...
(data, resource
Resource fork
The resource fork is a construct of the Mac OS operating system used to store structured data in a file, alongside unstructured data stored within the data fork. A resource fork stores information in a specific form, such as icons, the shapes of windows, definitions of menus and their contents, and...
or otherwise) and has basic template-based and hexadecimal editing functionality. ResKnife can export resource data to flat files and supports third-party plug-in editors.
External links
- ResKnife at SourceForge (Source code and documentation)
- ResKnife at CNet Downloads (PPC Binary Download)
- ResKnife Lion Compile (OSX 10.7 (Lion) compatible version)