On 25-Oct-01 Dirk Laurie wrote: > Why can't we start using a new extension, e.g. .psz or .pgz, instead > .ps.gz (like we already use .tgz for .tar.gz)? It won't confuse gview > (I've tried it), and it will make life easier for browsers. I bet once > someone starts it, it will catch on.
Because the original gnu g[un]zip will not work on anything wich hasn't the ".gz". > gzip PhD.ps > mv PhD.ps.gz PhD.pgz > gunzip PhD.pgz gunzip: PhD.pgz: unknown suffix -- ignored > *I* know that I can simply pipe it into gzip and it will not know what file that is. But it *does* complicate things for another part of potential users. Also gsview usually will take over the *.ps automatically on WinXX, but *not* the *.pgz you have to accociate these by hand. K.-H. _______________________________________________ TeX-music mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sunsite.dk/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
