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[Glsdk-devel] Small Windows nicity

[Jason M. <ko...@gm...>]

I've used enough UNIX-based tools to know that there is a general 
convention to have a README file named "README" in the root directory of 
an installed application or library. However, this is slightly annoying 
for Windows users, as the OS is not really designed to frequently use 
files without an extension. Giving these files a .txt extension would be 
a small-but-valued convenience for Windows users.

Re: [Glsdk-devel] Small Windows nicity

[H. H. <hen...@gm...>]

That is a mighty idea, but I would perhaps suggest that we use HTML instead
of plain text files. My rationale for this is that HTML offers better
formatting capabilities and we don't have the issue of line endings.

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Jason McKesson <ko...@gm...> wrote:

> I've used enough UNIX-based tools to know that there is a general
> convention to have a README file named "README" in the root directory of
> an installed application or library. However, this is slightly annoying
> for Windows users, as the OS is not really designed to frequently use
> files without an extension. Giving these files a .txt extension would be
> a small-but-valued convenience for Windows users.
>
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Re: [Glsdk-devel] Small Windows nicity

[Andrew G. <and...@gm...>]

I would suggest that minor documentation redundancy is not a real concern,
such that you have in the root directory: README, README.txt, and
README.html.  README's are small and should point out where to go for the
real documentation anyway.

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 4:50 AM, Henri Häkkinen <hen...@gm...> wrote:

> That is a mighty idea, but I would perhaps suggest that we use HTML instead
> of plain text files. My rationale for this is that HTML offers better
> formatting capabilities and we don't have the issue of line endings.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Jason McKesson <ko...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> I've used enough UNIX-based tools to know that there is a general
>> convention to have a README file named "README" in the root directory of
>> an installed application or library. However, this is slightly annoying
>> for Windows users, as the OS is not really designed to frequently use
>> files without an extension. Giving these files a .txt extension would be
>> a small-but-valued convenience for Windows users.
>>
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Re: [Glsdk-devel] Small Windows nicity

[Branan R. <br...@gm...>]

Jaseon, Henri: If one of you has time, could you take care of that? I
think last night proved I get pissy when I do admin work.

Andrew: You could do it, too. Just email the files to the ML and
someone will commit (or if you plan on contributing a lot, get a
SF.net account and we can get you SVN access)

Branan

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 6:49 AM, Andrew Gajda <and...@gm...> wrote:
> I would suggest that minor documentation redundancy is not a real concern,
> such that you have in the root directory: README, README.txt, and
> README.html.  README's are small and should point out where to go for the
> real documentation anyway.
>
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 4:50 AM, Henri Häkkinen <hen...@gm...> wrote:
>>
>> That is a mighty idea, but I would perhaps suggest that we use HTML
>> instead of plain text files. My rationale for this is that HTML offers
>> better formatting capabilities and we don't have the issue of line endings.
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Jason McKesson <ko...@gm...> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've used enough UNIX-based tools to know that there is a general
>>> convention to have a README file named "README" in the root directory of
>>> an installed application or library. However, this is slightly annoying
>>> for Windows users, as the OS is not really designed to frequently use
>>> files without an extension. Giving these files a .txt extension would be
>>> a small-but-valued convenience for Windows users.
>>>
>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's
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>>
>>
>>
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>>
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Re: [Glsdk-devel] Small Windows nicity

[H. H. <hen...@gm...>]

We can do this at some revision. This is no big deal nor a matter of
importance.

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Branan Riley <br...@gm...> wrote:

> Jaseon, Henri: If one of you has time, could you take care of that? I
> think last night proved I get pissy when I do admin work.
>
> Andrew: You could do it, too. Just email the files to the ML and
> someone will commit (or if you plan on contributing a lot, get a
> SF.net account and we can get you SVN access)
>
> Branan
>
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 6:49 AM, Andrew Gajda <and...@gm...>
> wrote:
> > I would suggest that minor documentation redundancy is not a real
> concern,
> > such that you have in the root directory: README, README.txt, and
> > README.html.  README's are small and should point out where to go for the
> > real documentation anyway.
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 4:50 AM, Henri Häkkinen <hen...@gm...>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> That is a mighty idea, but I would perhaps suggest that we use HTML
> >> instead of plain text files. My rationale for this is that HTML offers
> >> better formatting capabilities and we don't have the issue of line
> endings.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Jason McKesson <ko...@gm...>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I've used enough UNIX-based tools to know that there is a general
> >>> convention to have a README file named "README" in the root directory
> of
> >>> an installed application or library. However, this is slightly annoying
> >>> for Windows users, as the OS is not really designed to frequently use
> >>> files without an extension. Giving these files a .txt extension would
> be
> >>> a small-but-valued convenience for Windows users.
> >>>
> >>>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Henri 'henux' Häkkinen
> >>
> >>
> >>
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