Thus spake "Brent Easton": > > >*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > > >On 12/09/2007 at 6:23 AM b5mith wrote: > >We also need to standardise file extensions. > >..mod for modules, .dat or .log for log files, .sav for save games. > >The module browser should default to only showing files with these > >extensions to force users to stick to the convention. > > Yes, I agree. You could still name things anyway you like and there will be o > ptions to use non-standard file names, but out-of-the box, things will expect > standard names. Is there any reason to stay with 3 character suffixes? > > How about: > > Module: .mod > Extension: .mdx > Plugin: .plugin > Logfile: .vlog > SaveFile: .vsave > > Logfiles and Savefiles are really the same thing though....
There's no gain that I see from having logs be .vlog and saves be .vsave. .log and .sav are just as informative. There might be some filesystems still in use which balk at having more than 3 characters after the last dot, also. -- J.
