> > > >Just guessing, I think the most accomodating thing to do for footprints >would be: >1) Allow underscores >2) Allow lowercase and uppercase >3) Be case insensitive (uppercase and lowercase evaluate the same) >4) Don't allow spaces in the name > >This would allow those folks who want to use uppercase letters as "word >separators" to have the footprint appear readable to them. This would allow >other folks to not have to worry if they had typed the case correctly. This >would allow us folks who like to use underscores as word separators to do >so. And it would not break the field parsing routines programmers use. >BTW, this is the way assemblers (such as MASM and TASM) work. >
Hey, so we do seem to be coming to a consensus. This is essentially what I suggested, although more concise. >>We will be talking to our computers in a few years, do we want to have to >>say "space" or depend on some AI routine to insert the spaces it thinks we >>want? Speech has neither spaces nor case. It does have, so to speak, >>italics. But I don't want a filename to depend on whether or not the speak >>is angry, for example. >> > >This prediction is so old it is laughable. It never seems to work out as ><snip> > WAY off topic guys. Focus! >Best regards, >Ivan Baggett >Bagotronix Inc. >website: www.bagotronix.com > > Bryn Wolfe * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
