On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 15:59 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> please try to remember to add .txt to text file names. It makes > >> things easier for GUI tools. > >> > > Really? I thought that was strictly a DOS/Windows-ism. > > > > "The more things change the more they remain the same!" > > Nope. Otherwise, how would it know which app to open a file with?
GNOME (and other DE's I expect) happily uses magic number tests to look up the mime type for files without extensions. That said, I agree that it's best to always add an extension. -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 760BDD22
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