I'm on Mac, and I like clicking on files, for what it's worth. Even more than in the file explorer it helps in an IDE to have editors associated with file extensions. For commandline folks there's tab completion. Are extensions really so heinous?
-jeff On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Gregg Wonderly <[email protected]> wrote: > I just remember this arguments in other circles about README and other such > files. I agree that it seems implausible, given the simply disputable facts > such as typing speed etc. For README, I heard the "too much typing" from > UNIX people who just seemed to be hating on the Windows users who just > wanted to click the darn file. > > I'm not partial either way, I can deal with both sides. I just wanted to > bring to light some of the "old, odd conversations" that I remembered from > "back in the days"... > > Gregg Wonderly > > On 6/14/2011 3:35 PM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: >> >> It would have been helpful if the Apache web site had said *why* the >> preferred names are preferred. >> >> The command line user argument seems implausible to me. >> >> I am a frequent command line user, but I would like "ls *.txt" to show >> any license and similar files. I find it hard to imagine being both a >> command line user and such a slow typist that I would even consciously >> notice typing a common four character sequence such as ".txt", let alone >> object to it. >> >> Patricia >> >> >> On 6/14/2011 12:47 PM, Gregg Wonderly wrote: >>> >>> The .txt extension is helpful for easy opening to read on desktop >>> environments where double clicking will perform file type launching. On >>> Windows, I always modify the "Send To" menu to include a shortcut to >>> wordpad so that there is some editor that I can use when I right click >>> on an icon. I can select Send To->Wordpad and see the file quickly. This >>> helps a lot in not having to "rename" files for easy access, but it is >>> still more work than "double click" is. >>> >>> Historically, the command line OS folks have complained about having to >>> type the extra four characters. They don't want to do "more LICENS*" to >>> view the file because of the potential for getting the "wrong" file is >>> the usual argument. >>> >>> As more and more people end up with mostly desktop computing, the >>> arguments are getting less and less valuable because inconvenience to >>> "the few" is now mostly the few command line users, instead of the "few >>> windows users". >>> >>> Gregg Wonderly >>> >>> On 6/14/2011 4:27 AM, Tom Hobbs wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi guys, >>>> >>>> Recently we got asked to put a. Txt extension these files. I've done >>>> that >>>> already (just not committed yet) but I've just seen this, >>>> >>>> www.apache.org/dev/apply-license.html#license-file-name >>>> >>>> I don't have a problem renaming the files, but thought I should check >>>> with >>>> everyone else before I do. >>>> >>>> Thoughts? >>>> >>>> Tom >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Grammar and spelling have been sacrificed on the altar of messaging via >>>> mobile device. >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
