On 29 March 2010 19:30, Yakov wrote: > On Mar 29, 5:46 pm, Tony Mechelynck > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Even on later Windows systems, 8.3 names still exist > > because they are > > Are we going to rename vim to something like > visualeditorcompatiblewithvi now ?
Why? Not everything warrants a catchy name. > I think the argument confuses two different things, > (a) 8.3 limit of APIs or of filesystem, and > (b) tendency of [unix] people to abbreviate filenames and > variables *really short*. > > Beleive it or not, some people will abbreviate really > short, no matter what's filename limit. You've never needed more than eight letters? --Antony -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vim_use+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
