> > >> On the filetypes subject: > >> > >> How about having a reserved text field of say 32 bytes at the start of > >> each file which > >> allows the user/utility to bung a tag in there. This would remove the > >> need for > someone > >> to be appointed as magic-number allocator since I'm sure everybody could > >> work out > a > >> unique enough tag for a file. > > > >But why have such a tag anyway? I see no pratical use for it. > > > > -Frode > > So that you can tell what the file is used for. You don't want to go around > loading music > modules into SAMpaint do you? Having a tag simplifies the process of > identifying what > the file is used for.
Why should you care? If I'd like to load my music modules into SAMpaint, I regard that as my privilege. And if I for some reason wants to load my BASIC programs into my WP so that I can run a macro on it to convert it into plain text and print it out formated on landscape in 3 columns I would like to do that without mindless programs/OS/software developers putting restrictions on what I can and can not do with my software. And if you want to have that tag somewhere in the file, you would have to load the file anyway. -Frode
