[Cialug] Test

Dave J. Hala Jr. dave at 58ghz.net
Thu Feb 28 09:22:48 CST 2008


I think we should go back to the old dos 8.3 filenaming conventions.


On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 09:17 -0600, Matthew Nuzum wrote:
> 2008/2/28 Daniel A. Ramaley <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu>:
> > Filenames should be able to contain anything except null and '/', and i
> > sometimes wish there was a way to include '/'.  :)
> >
> > I regularly create filenames that if viewed with a hex editor would
> > appear to be complete gibberish. But if interpreted as a UTF-8 string
> > suddenly make a lot more sense. Fortunately, if i *really* need '/' i
> > can always use '/' which is functionally similar, though twice as wide
> > if rendered correctly.
> 
> That is sick. And I mean that in the old fashioned, sick == bad, way.
>> 
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