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Article #25342Re: Long names in System V (really mixed case)
From: bob
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1987 17:26
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1987 17:26
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In article <8704050609.AA00698@4-035-9> rlk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert L. Krawitz) writes:
>The other disadvantage of mixed-case names is that they are very hard
>to type.
So use a shell with a command/filename completer, like TWENEX's escape
key. Just about any `XInCredibly-Ugly$GobbleDy_Gook.c' becomes easy
to handle, and you preserve the usefulness of the MixedCase name when
scanning a sorted listing of your directory. SysV simply requires you
to keep your XUgliNess briefer, but it can still be at least as ugly
and nearly as informative.
--
Bob Sutterfield, Department of Computer and Information Science
The Ohio State University; 2036 Neil Ave. Columbus OH USA 43210-1277
bob@ohio-state.{arpa,csnet} or ...!cb{osgd,att}!osu-eddie!bob
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!cbatt!osu-eddie!bob From: bob@osu-eddie.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Long names in System V (really mixed case) Message-ID: <3416@osu-eddie.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Apr-87 12:26:14 EST Article-I.D.: osu-eddi.3416 Posted: Tue Apr 7 12:26:14 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Apr-87 04:39:15 EST References: <8704050609.AA00698@4-035-9> Reply-To: bob@osu-eddie.UUCP (Bob Sutterfield) Distribution: world Organization: The Ohio State University Dept of Computer & Information Science Lines: 15 Summary: Use a completer shell