This whole discussion, OT though it might be, reminds me of a recent discussion of the "proper" way of quoting things (use of backquotes and apostrophes and such). I think that discussion was also on this list, though I thought the outcome was more opposite than parallel to the outcome of this one. FWIW, mostly as an amusing side note.
On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 11:39:06AM -0400, Jim.Hyslop wrote: Bulgrien, Kevin wrote: > It is easy to tell everyone else what they ought to do in hind-sight. Nobody's doing that. I clearly acknowledged that *when these applications were written*, handling spaces was extremely difficult to do. I'm not denegrating the years of hard work that went into various tools, nor am I saying we should retrofit all applications. What I object to is the attitude "spaces in file names are evil," the phrase that kicked off this (as you correctly pointed out) off-topic discussion. That attitude is outmoded, and reeks of a calcified mentality that refuses to accept change. -- Jim Hyslop Senior Software Designer Leitch Technology International Inc. ( http://www.leitch.com ) Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal ( http://www.cuj.com/experts ) _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list Info-cvs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs -- Doug Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dlee.org BART Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bartsite.com "You must let me try, for a true soldier does not admit defeat before the battle." --Helen Keller (in a letter to the president of Radcliffe College) _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list Info-cvs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
