Plus most users will be on some un*x anyway. Also users generally don't have a problem with .html vs .htm and .jpeg vs .jpg, at least in my experience.
Alex --- "Peter \"Firefly\" Lund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Alex Deucher wrote: > > > I prefer .sfnt as well. we shouldn't feel limited by DOS. > > Especially since it was fixed in DOS in '95 (Win 95) (*). > There are also TSRs and drivers that will provide the long file names > for > just about any DOS, using the standard file format and the standard > extended APIs. > > As far as I know DJGPP will use that API if the underlying DOS > supports > it. > > So why perform a voluntary lobotomy with regards to the file names? > > -Peter > > *) It's been 6+ years since I played with this in my DOS programs so > my > memory is hazy about whether or not MS-DOS 7.0 /without/ the > graphical DOS > extender (Win95) also provided those APIs. I read something > yesterday > that indicated that it didn't. But most people would use "DOS" from > their > Windows shells and the rest could use the aforementioned TSRs and > drivers. > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
