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Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories!

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From	Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com>
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Subject	Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories!
Date	Mon, 09 May 2011 13:15:37 -0400
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Zapotec wrote:
> 
> Whereas I recognize the technical and engineering reasons for requiring
> the deeply nested long directory names, I also have to say I agree that
> they can be a pain in the butt, on two counts:
> 
> 1. Typing long directory names or click-click-clicking to deeply-nested
>    folders is a pain, and will be required if you aren't using an IDE
>    like NetBeans or Eclipse

I often use vim to edit my Java sources, and I don't have to type long
directory names or click-click-click, thanks to the magic of filename
completion.

Not that typing long directory names would be any great burden, since
entering a filename is a tiny portion of the work I do when producing
new code or maintaining old.

> 2. On Windows, at least, it's not implausible to reach the path name
>    length limit of the filesystem and run into even more headaches.

Really? The NTFS path name length limit is 32KB, for applications that
use the proper APIs, which seems like it ought to be enough. Even apps
that use the old API get a path length of 260 ASCII characters, which
requires some effort to exceed.

If the problem is your Windows source directories are buried under
some unreasonably long path (which probably also contains spacey names
and other infelicities), just create a junction to it in some more
convenient place.

-- 
Michael Wojcik
Micro Focus
Rhetoric & Writing, Michigan State University

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  Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-04 22:36 -0400
  Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! markspace <-@.> - 2011-05-04 19:35 -0700
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      Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Esmond Pitt <esmond.pitt@bigpond.com> - 2011-05-05 16:01 +1000
        Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-05 18:43 +1200
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                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-05-07 19:53 +0000
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                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-05-08 07:50 +0000
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Paul Cager <paul.cager@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-06 06:34 -0700
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-06 12:06 -0400
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! 3x+rav4gan <3x7r4vag4n@fr0gs0up.x3l0n.c0m> - 2011-05-06 17:07 -0400
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-06 18:24 -0400
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                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! "Spock" <spock@starfleet.ufp.null> - 2011-05-08 01:42 +0000
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                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2011-05-08 01:40 -0400
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                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! 3x7r4vagan <3x7r4vagan@fr0gsoup.x3l0n.c0m> - 2011-05-08 05:45 -0400
              Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! jebblue <n@n.nnn> - 2011-05-06 21:57 -0500
          Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Esmond Pitt <esmond.pitt@bigpond.com> - 2011-05-06 18:31 +1000
  Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-05-04 22:02 -0700
    Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-05 17:12 +1200
      Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-05 07:11 -0400
      Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-05-05 10:56 -0300
        Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-05-05 09:08 -0700
        Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! bugbear <bugbear@trim_papermule.co.uk_trim> - 2011-05-05 17:13 +0100
  Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! dagon@dagon.net (Dagon) - 2011-05-05 09:16 -0700
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        Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-06 18:39 +1200
          Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-06 07:03 -0400
            Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2011-05-06 07:13 -0400
        Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Zapotec <z_gib@wav.com> - 2011-05-06 05:57 -0400
          Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Paul Cager <paul.cager@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-06 06:47 -0700
            Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-06 12:17 -0400
            Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-07 15:55 +1200
          Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2011-05-06 18:19 +0200
            Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Zapotec <z_gib@wav.com> - 2011-05-06 17:10 -0400
              Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2011-05-06 23:41 +0200
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Zapotec <z_gib@wav.com> - 2011-05-06 18:26 -0400
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-07 15:56 +1200
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Zapotec <z_gib@wav.com> - 2011-05-07 03:20 -0400
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-07 20:28 +1200
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-07 07:50 -0400
          Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-05-09 13:15 -0400
            Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Zapotec <z_gib@wav.com> - 2011-05-09 18:09 -0400
              Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-10 13:43 +1200
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-05-10 11:54 -0400
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-11 14:02 +1200
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-05-18 07:58 -0400
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-20 12:35 +1200
              Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-05-10 11:48 -0400
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Zapotec <z_gib@wav.com> - 2011-05-10 23:47 -0400
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-11 08:51 -0400
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Zapotec <z_gib@wav.com> - 2011-05-11 20:44 -0400
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! RichB <rich_barnsley@nowhere.com> - 2011-05-12 16:13 -0400
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Snorkmeier <snorkmeier._10b@gmail.invalid> - 2011-05-12 08:21 +0000
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-12 08:21 -0400
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Snorkmeier <snorkmeier._10c@gmail.invalid> - 2011-05-12 20:04 +0000
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-05-18 08:00 -0400
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Zapotec <z_gib@wav.com> - 2011-05-18 11:31 -0400
            Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-10 13:46 +1200
              Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Zapotec <z_gib@wav.com> - 2011-05-10 03:44 -0400
              Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-05-10 11:55 -0400
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-11 14:02 +1200
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-11 08:56 -0400
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Michael Wojcik <mwojcik@newsguy.com> - 2011-05-18 08:02 -0400
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-20 12:33 +1200
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  Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Pitch <mail@fake.info> - 2011-05-11 10:53 +0200
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      Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2011-05-11 19:16 +0200
      Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Pitch <mail@fake.info> - 2011-05-12 11:02 +0200
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          Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Pitch <mail@fake.info> - 2011-05-13 11:43 +0200
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                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-20 12:36 +1200
                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! John Silverstein <js19375@ymail.cox> - 2011-05-19 23:28 -0400
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                Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! John Silverstein <js19375@ymail.cox> - 2011-05-20 00:19 -0400
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