On 19.09.2010 15:34, Mike Cowlishaw wrote:
> > Would also associate in addition all other regular Rexx
> > extensions like ".rexx", ".cls", ".orx", ".testGroup", ".testUnit",
> which all
> > are in use in the Rexx world.
>
> .rexx and .orx .. maybe .. but the others just seem to be "grabbing
> extensions" -- particularly for most installers?
Originally I also thought that way.
However, once I started to work with file associations may POV changed:
associating filetypes with rexx makes them stand out in the graphical
user-interfaces (Windows Explorer, Linux Konquerer/Nautilus) as these
files get icons assoic.
So if one wishes to indicate (visually) to the user of which type a file
is, then one must associate the file-type with Rexx, hence also
associating the file-types ".orx", ".cls" (quite heavily used in
ooRexx!), ".testGroup" and ".testUnit". In addition these filetypes can
be run with rexx by mere double-clicking the files, which comes with the
file associations.
So for the purpose of increasing the user friendlyness (and easyiness of
dealing with Rexx programs via the graphical user interfaces of the
respective operating systems) associating all these filetypes with
ooRexx seems to be necessary nowadays.
---rony
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