Martin Wilck wrote on 19 Sep 2003 17:13:12 +0200: > Call it .metadata if you wish. I just wanted to say that a reasonable > English name will be easier to understand than ".," for almost > everybody.
Normally I'm a fan of long names, so .metadata is good, or .attributes would also work. > > Saving typing effort on teletype keyboards is an ancient Unix tradition. > > The question is if that tradition is really so important in this > context. Will that file name be typed more often than, say, > '.xsession-errors' or '.nautilus-metafile.xml'? Hmmm. Hard to say what the usage will be. If I want the MIME type for a fildirute thing, would I be typing: cat Thing/.,/MIME or cat Thing/.metadata/MIME or cat Thing/,,/MIME Actually, Thing/,,/MIME is the easiest one to type. /.,/ is annoyingly awkward, since the three keys are adjacent and have to be hit in the right order. /.metadata/ isn't too bad, though it is mostly left handed, making it a good repetitive stress injury source. /,,/ just feels good. You try it! Mmmmmm, slash comma comma slash. - Alex
