Hans Fredrik Nordhaug wrote:
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> On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Thomas Esser wrote:
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> Thx for info on Berry names
>
> [cut]
> > > 2) Wouldn't it be better to use the ghostscript name to avoid any
> > > confusion (and to make map files more portable - useful outside teTeX)?
> >
> > What does this mean "more portable"? We are speaking about file names
> > and the "Berry names" are the most portable names (8.3 for these files
> > and all lowercase; strict 7bit ASCII).
So to speak, but why in 2001 A.D. we still have to do with old MSDOS 8+3 things?
Currently
every new system supports more than 8+3 characters in filename, from
Windows, to Unix, to Amiga, Mac, etc.; also for ISO, which has Joliet, RockRidge,
HSFS, etc. extension to have long file names. And all these systems supports at least
31 characters
long file names, as well as for ISO CD images, which has Joliet, RockRidge, HSFS, etc.
extension to
have long file names.
How about a revision of the 8+3 KB naming scheme to support more characters for more
prosaic font names? WDYT?
Bye.
Giuseppe.
