-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 At some point hitherto, Benjamin Scott hath spake thusly: > On Fri, 17 May 2002, at 4:08pm, Derek D. Martin wrote: > > Some (like me) would argue that the right way *is* to remove the spaces > > from your filenames. > > Computers are a tool to be used by people, not the other way around. :-)
I agree completely with this sentiment. However, I do not think it makes a good argument for replacing a simle solution with one that causes confusion and problems. Using underscores in filenames is simple; learning how to program around spaces (especially for non-programmers) is confusing, and can cause problems. This is especially true when your legacy software was written with the understanding that spaces were not allowed in filenames (MS-DOS, et. al.) and don't deal well with filenames that have them. It is much easier to teach people to replace spaces with underscores than it is to teach them complicated shell quoting. I have encountered situations where users insist on using spaces in filenames more than often enough to convince me that accomodating one's ability to do this is just not worth the effort. To me, the solution seems clear... - -- Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] - --------------------------------------------- I prefer mail encrypted with PGP/GPG! GnuPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D Retrieve my public key at http://pgp.mit.edu Learn more about it at http://www.gnupg.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE85Wr+djdlQoHP510RArwgAKCbN1lejzfPkaa+M5W8fDBVH5ayZgCfWzpd oL2FUj38Z+RKRKPLV/YCV7I= =KZHm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
