--- a/DropObject.st	Sun Mar 15 05:12:03 2009 +0100
+++ b/DropObject.st	Tue Mar 17 10:33:28 2009 +0100
@@ -432,17 +432,19 @@
 !
 
 isPrintable
-    "return false if file contains nonprintable characters"
+    "return true if file contains only printable characters (in the first 300 bytes)"
     
-    |stream buff size|
+    |nChars stream buff size|
+
+    nChars := 300.
 
     isPrintable isNil ifTrue:[
         isPrintable := false.
         (info isNil or:[ self isDirectory ]) ifFalse:[
             stream := theObject readStreamOrNil.
             stream notNil ifTrue:[
-                buff := String new:300.
-                size := stream nextBytes:300 into:buff.
+                buff := String new:nChars.
+                size := stream nextBytes:nChars into:buff.
                 stream close.
                 1 to:size do:[:i | 
                     (buff at:i) isPrintable ifFalse:[
@@ -522,5 +524,5 @@
 !DropObject class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libview2/DropObject.st,v 1.18 2009-01-14 20:55:24 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libview2/DropObject.st,v 1.19 2009-03-17 09:33:28 cg Exp $'
 ! !