Thus spake "Brent Easton": > > >> 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. > > You usually expect .log files to be text files and many people will have thes > e setup to auto-open with a text editor. Similiarly, .mod files are usually e > xpected to be music files. > > I would prefer to rename the lot, and I don't believe there is any reason at > all to keep to a n.3 format file name. > > Module: .vmod or .vmd > Extenstion: .vmdx or .vmx > Plugin: .vplug or .vpg > Log/save: .vdata or .vdt > > But, it doesn't really matter as long as something is decided as standard, ev > en if it ends up being .mod, .mdx, .pgi, .sav and .dat
I don't like .dat or .vdata or .vdt for logs or save files, since it doesn't provide a meaningful mnemonic. The modules are data too. -- J.
