Kent Schumacher wrote: >> >>> (I would love to beat the person soundly who decided to allow spaces and >>> quote characters in file names). >> >> >> File_names_without_spaces_would_make_a_computer_far_less_friendly_for_the_gr >> eat_majority_of_desktop_users. ;-) >> >> Steve_Swantz >> >> > I-fail-to-comprehend-your-point. > > Kent ;_) > What_I_meant_was,_you're_right_that_spaces_in_file_names_make_life_more_diff icult_for_the_programmer._In_fact,_Apple_had_bug_in_an_installer_that_caused _the_loss_of_files_on_drives_that_had_spaces_in_the_file_name._But_putting_u nderscores_in_file_names_is_as_natural_for_the_average_Joe_as_reading_this_i s_for_us._So_we_adapt_our_work_to_the_user_rather_than_them_adapting_to_us. Steve _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list