> I have to agree with Andrew - "extension" is a foreign word on UNIX.
> (http://mail.gnome.org/archives/mc/2002-October/msg00102.html)
> Some users don't understand this word, as the above paragraph shows.
Sorry I could not understand how this relates to the proposed patch.
> Having this support in the sources will result in "contributors" with
> DOS/Windows background flooding mailing lists with patches to "highlight"
> their favorite extensions ("please make *.mp3 green!").
This is something I can understand even less. The proposed patch allows to color file
types by editing a config file, or through a dialog at runtime. So the result would be
the opposite - no more patches, never. Everyone is able to define their own extensions
and colors without recompiling. What is wrong with this?
> And we only have
> 16 colors, some (most!) of which are already taken (black - pipe, magenta
> - device, green - executable, red - core etc).
Oh my, it never occurred to me that 4 is "most!" of 16. As for me, I define 15 (out of
the available 16) extension groups and use all available colors for them, even if some
groups have to share colors. This is not a problem perceptually, because different
file types tend to occur in different "contexts", so each typical directory (e.g. one
with .c, .h .o files, or another with .tex, .sty, .dvi files) still has its own unique
color palette, and one color participating in different palettes is perceived
differently (this is a well known psychological fact). So, although I would of course
prefer to have more than 16 colors, the current system still proved to be very
intuitive and convenient.
Well, of course I'm not going to try to persuade the developers that this is good, if
they are so determined otherwise. I'm just sharing my experience. If anyone is
interested, please write to me and I will share the patch.
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