Re: dropcopyright script

2001-02-14 Thread Brett Person
Please dont do this. The copyright info at the top of the file is there for a reason. Not only does it give credit where credit is due, but it gives vital contact info for reporting problems back to the maintainer/authour. -- Brett G. Person 415-358-2656 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Penguin Computing -

Re: Reason (was: Re: dropcopyright script)

2001-02-14 Thread Jamie Lokier
Mordechai Ovits wrote: > > > In newer file managers, the icon of a C file is a tiny image of the first > > > few lines of text. If all files startt with a copyright, it's not much > > > good. So running this on a local, personal, tree can be a good thing. > > > > Modifying the file manager to

Re: Reason (was: Re: dropcopyright script)

2001-02-14 Thread Mordechai Ovits
On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 12:52:36PM -0500, Gregory Maxwell wrote: > On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 10:00:25AM -0500, Mohammad A. Haque wrote: > > How big do you have your icons set that you can actually read stuff in > > it? > > On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Mordechai Ovits wrote: > > > > > In newer file

Re: Reason (was: Re: dropcopyright script)

2001-02-14 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 10:00:25AM -0500, Mohammad A. Haque wrote: > How big do you have your icons set that you can actually read stuff in > it? > On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Mordechai Ovits wrote: > > > In newer file managers, the icon of a C file is a tiny image of the first > > few lines of text.

Re: dropcopyright script

2001-02-14 Thread Jes Sorensen
> "Wichert" == Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Wichert> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rick Wichert> Hohensee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ... >> ## drop copyright notices to the bottoms of C files in current

Re: Reason (was: Re: dropcopyright script)

2001-02-14 Thread Mordechai Ovits
On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 10:00:25AM -0500, Mohammad A. Haque wrote: > Heh > > How big do you have your icons set that you can actually read stuff in > it? They're quite large, and it is surprisingly effective. KDE2 and nautilus both do this. Mordy > On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Mordechai Ovits

Re: Reason (was: Re: dropcopyright script)

2001-02-14 Thread Mohammad A. Haque
Heh How big do you have your icons set that you can actually read stuff in it? On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Mordechai Ovits wrote: > In newer file managers, the icon of a C file is a tiny image of the first > few lines of text. If all files startt with a copyright, it's not much > good. So running

Re: Reason (was: Re: dropcopyright script)

2001-02-14 Thread Mordechai Ovits
On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 03:34:56PM +0100, Yoann Vandoorselaere wrote: > Mordechai Ovits <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > In newer file managers, the icon of a C file is a tiny image of the first > > few lines of text. If all files startt with a copyright, it's not much > > good. So running

Re: Reason (was: Re: dropcopyright script)

2001-02-14 Thread Yoann Vandoorselaere
Mordechai Ovits <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In newer file managers, the icon of a C file is a tiny image of the first > few lines of text. If all files startt with a copyright, it's not much > good. So running this on a local, personal, tree can be a good thing. Modifying the file manager

Reason (was: Re: dropcopyright script)

2001-02-14 Thread Mordechai Ovits
In newer file managers, the icon of a C file is a tiny image of the first few lines of text. If all files startt with a copyright, it's not much good. So running this on a local, personal, tree can be a good thing. Mordy On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 08:23:57AM -0500, Mohammad A. Haque wrote: >

Re: dropcopyright script

2001-02-14 Thread Mohammad A. Haque
What prompted this? People are going to want copyright notices in a prominent place. Namely at the beginning of the code along with whatever instructions and cruft. Rick Hohensee wrote: > > ... > ## drop copyright notices to

Re: dropcopyright script

2001-02-14 Thread Wichert Akkerman
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rick Hohensee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >... >## drop copyright notices to the bottoms of C files in current dir and ># subs. Why would anyone want to do this? Wichert. --

Re: dropcopyright script

2001-02-14 Thread Richard Gooch
Jeff Garzik writes: > On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Russell King wrote: > > > Rick Hohensee writes: > > > ... > > > ## drop copyright notices to the bottoms of C files in current dir and > > > # subs. > > > > Please don't run this

Re: dropcopyright script

2001-02-14 Thread Jeff Garzik
On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Richard Gooch wrote: > Jeff Garzik writes: > > On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Russell King wrote: > > > > > Rick Hohensee writes: > > > > ... > > > > ## drop copyright notices to the bottoms of C files in current dir

Re: dropcopyright script

2001-02-14 Thread Jeff Garzik
On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Richard Gooch wrote: Jeff Garzik writes: On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Russell King wrote: Rick Hohensee writes: ... ## drop copyright notices to the bottoms of C files in current dir and #

Re: dropcopyright script

2001-02-14 Thread Richard Gooch
Jeff Garzik writes: On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Russell King wrote: Rick Hohensee writes: ... ## drop copyright notices to the bottoms of C files in current dir and # subs. Please don't run this on any files

Re: dropcopyright script

2001-02-14 Thread Wichert Akkerman
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rick Hohensee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... ## drop copyright notices to the bottoms of C files in current dir and # subs. Why would anyone want to do this? Wichert. --

Re: dropcopyright script

2001-02-14 Thread Mohammad A. Haque
What prompted this? People are going to want copyright notices in a prominent place. Namely at the beginning of the code along with whatever instructions and cruft. Rick Hohensee wrote: ... ## drop copyright notices to the

Reason (was: Re: dropcopyright script)

2001-02-14 Thread Mordechai Ovits
In newer file managers, the icon of a C file is a tiny image of the first few lines of text. If all files startt with a copyright, it's not much good. So running this on a local, personal, tree can be a good thing. Mordy On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 08:23:57AM -0500, Mohammad A. Haque wrote: What

Re: Reason (was: Re: dropcopyright script)

2001-02-14 Thread Mordechai Ovits
On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 03:34:56PM +0100, Yoann Vandoorselaere wrote: Mordechai Ovits [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In newer file managers, the icon of a C file is a tiny image of the first few lines of text. If all files startt with a copyright, it's not much good. So running this on a

Re: Reason (was: Re: dropcopyright script)

2001-02-14 Thread Yoann Vandoorselaere
Mordechai Ovits [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In newer file managers, the icon of a C file is a tiny image of the first few lines of text. If all files startt with a copyright, it's not much good. So running this on a local, personal, tree can be a good thing. Modifying the file manager to

Re: Reason (was: Re: dropcopyright script)

2001-02-14 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 10:00:25AM -0500, Mohammad A. Haque wrote: How big do you have your icons set that you can actually read stuff in it? On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Mordechai Ovits wrote: In newer file managers, the icon of a C file is a tiny image of the first few lines of text. If all

Re: Reason (was: Re: dropcopyright script)

2001-02-14 Thread Mordechai Ovits
On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 12:52:36PM -0500, Gregory Maxwell wrote: On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 10:00:25AM -0500, Mohammad A. Haque wrote: How big do you have your icons set that you can actually read stuff in it? On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Mordechai Ovits wrote: In newer file managers, the icon

Re: Reason (was: Re: dropcopyright script)

2001-02-14 Thread Jamie Lokier
Mordechai Ovits wrote: In newer file managers, the icon of a C file is a tiny image of the first few lines of text. If all files startt with a copyright, it's not much good. So running this on a local, personal, tree can be a good thing. Modifying the file manager to take care of

Re: dropcopyright script

2001-02-14 Thread Brett Person
Please dont do this. The copyright info at the top of the file is there for a reason. Not only does it give credit where credit is due, but it gives vital contact info for reporting problems back to the maintainer/authour. -- Brett G. Person 415-358-2656 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Penguin Computing -

Re: dropcopyright script

2001-02-13 Thread Matthew Dharm
Same here. While it's a nice script and all, I personally want the copyright and associated contact information in a clear and easy-to-find place. In other words, if you get Linus to patch the kernel to do this, then I'm just going to try to get him to patch it back. Matt On Wed, Feb 14, 2001

Re: dropcopyright script

2001-02-13 Thread Jeff Garzik
On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Russell King wrote: > Rick Hohensee writes: > > ... > > ## drop copyright notices to the bottoms of C files in current dir and > > # subs. > > Please don't run this on any files maintained by myself.

Re: dropcopyright script

2001-02-13 Thread Russell King
Rick Hohensee writes: > ... > ## drop copyright notices to the bottoms of C files in current dir and > # subs. Please don't run this on any files maintained by myself. I want the copyright notices to be prominently

dropcopyright script

2001-02-13 Thread Rick Hohensee
... ## drop copyright notices to the bottoms of C files in current dir and # subs. # /* # CopYriGHt Guess Who 2001All reserves righted. # */ grep -ilr "copyright" . > tempdropcopyrights for f in

dropcopyright script

2001-02-13 Thread Rick Hohensee
... ## drop copyright notices to the bottoms of C files in current dir and # subs. # /* # CopYriGHt Guess Who 2001All reserves righted. # */ grep -ilr "copyright" . tempdropcopyrights for f in `cat

Re: dropcopyright script

2001-02-13 Thread Matthew Dharm
Same here. While it's a nice script and all, I personally want the copyright and associated contact information in a clear and easy-to-find place. In other words, if you get Linus to patch the kernel to do this, then I'm just going to try to get him to patch it back. Matt On Wed, Feb 14, 2001