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| From | "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Fix Idiot File Names |
| Date | 2018-10-10 23:12 +0000 |
| Organization | NewsGuy - Unlimited Usenet $23.95 |
| Message-ID | <ppm11h11vnu@news3.newsguy.com> (permalink) |
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On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 15:45:09 -0700, Steve Carroll wrote: > > I prefer underscores... but not using all caps, maybe for the first letter > in a scheme like the above. The _ is generally the least tedious to look at: > A file name is the same as any other IDENTIFIER, such as a programming variable, and must be treated in the same manner. It has to be unambiguous to the MACHINE. A variable would not be named "some*var" because it could not be unambiguously parsed in all contexts. The same applies to file names. Don't forget that we are dealing with computers and not humans. There is always to be that distinction between what is human-readable what is machine readable.
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Fix Idiot File Names "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-10-10 09:30 +0000
Re: Fix Idiot File Names DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-10 10:28 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-10-10 07:53 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-10-10 10:31 -0500
Re: Fix Idiot File Names fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-10-10 08:46 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 09:37 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-10-12 12:43 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-10-11 11:34 -0500
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 09:57 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-15 08:36 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-10-15 08:50 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-15 09:25 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-15 07:02 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-10 18:19 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names SiliconVee<siliconvee1945@yahoo.com> - 2018-10-11 00:25 +0200
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 15:45 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-10-11 07:32 -0500
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Silicon Vee <siliconvee1945@yahoo.com> - 2018-10-11 14:55 +0200
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 06:04 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 06:19 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-10-11 07:42 -0500
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Silicon Vee <siliconvee1945@yahoo.com> - 2018-10-11 14:57 +0200
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 07:21 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-11 10:38 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 08:39 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Silicon Vee <siliconvee1945@yahoo.com> - 2018-10-12 12:01 +0200
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-12 03:20 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-10-12 12:38 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-13 00:53 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 09:00 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 09:26 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 08:44 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 09:11 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-10-10 09:21 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 09:46 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-10-10 09:54 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 10:12 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-10-10 13:16 -0500
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 11:50 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-11 23:18 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 20:34 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-10 13:02 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-10-10 10:14 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 11:04 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 11:08 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 11:19 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-10-10 11:30 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 11:45 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-10-10 11:24 -0500
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-10-12 12:32 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-10 12:57 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-10-12 12:33 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-12 15:02 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-10-12 12:28 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-10 12:53 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-10-10 10:07 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-10 13:40 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-10-10 10:25 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 08:59 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 09:14 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 09:30 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 10:01 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 10:17 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 10:33 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-10-10 18:30 +0000
Re: Fix Idiot File Names fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-10-10 11:38 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 12:06 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-10 18:18 -0400
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 15:45 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Silicon Vee <siliconvee1945@yahoo.com> - 2018-10-11 00:47 +0200
Re: Fix Idiot File Names "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-10-10 23:12 +0000
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Silicon Vee <siliconvee1945@yahoo.com> - 2018-10-11 01:15 +0200
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 16:43 -0700
Re: Fix Idiot File Names Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 20:26 -0700
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