From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Jun 27 12:10:15 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from amsfep16-int.chello.nl (amsfep16-int.chello.nl [213.46.243.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EAF937B40A for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 12:09:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hibernate.cryolabs.net ([213.132.151.88]) by amsfep16-int.chello.nl (InterMail vM.5.01.03.06 201-253-122-118-106-20010523) with SMTP id <20020627190911.CCIR26256.amsfep16-int.chello.nl@hibernate.cryolabs.net> for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 21:09:11 +0200 Received: (qmail 28548 invoked from network); 27 Jun 2002 21:09:06 +0200 Received: from unknown (HELO ice.cryolabs.net) (192.168.196.1) by hibernate.cryolabs.net with SMTP; 27 Jun 2002 21:09:06 +0200 Received: from cocaine.cryolabs.net (cocaine.cryolabs.net [192.168.196.5]) by ice.cryolabs.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3E8B37C; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 21:08:35 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: Readme for Windows Users From: Wouter Van Hemel To: Tomi =?ISO-8859-1?Q?H=E4s=E4?= Cc: Ross Lippert , freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.7 Date: 27 Jun 2002 21:09:31 +0200 Message-Id: <1025204971.204.11.camel@cocaine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 2002-06-27 at 19:39, Tomi H=E4s=E4 wrote: > Greetings, >=20 > On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Ross Lippert wrote: >=20 > > > > >book.html.tar.gz Handbook in html format and gzip compression > > >book.pdf.gz Handbook in pdf format and gzip compression > > >book.ps.gz Handbook in postscript format and gzip compression > > > > Why not? Although the naming convention chosen may be obvious to > > you and I, perhaps it is not so plain to someone else. Is it wrong > > to err on the side of moronity? > > > > I can imagine that as Windows becomes more proficient at hiding file > > extensions from its users, that its users will become less accustomed > > to what those extensions mean. Perhaps this individual was not used > > to seeing a file-type by its extension. Certainly the extension of > > extensions (.pdf.gz and .ps.gz) is something fairly uncommon in the > > Windows world and could confuse a Windows user. I'd hate to see such > > a person deprived of their chance to try FreeBSD because of that. >=20 > Yes. As a Windows user I'm used to simple file names with only one dot pe= r > file name like >=20 > Handbook in HTML.html > Handbook in HTML.zip > Handbook in HTML.tar >=20 > Handbook in PDF.pdf > Handbook in PDF.tar > Handbook in PDF.zip >=20 > Handbook in Text.tar > Handbook in Text.txt > Handbook in Text.zip >=20 > Not something as cryptic like as >=20 > Handbook.xyz.pdf.abc.zip.gzip.tar >=20 > Who knows what programs and tricks you need to open that kind of file. :-= ) >=20 That, even I wouldn't know. :) > By the way, now there isn't any need for a readme.txt if you list the > files as I did above. That list shouldn't confuse anybody. >=20 The thing is, spaces are shunned in the unix world. But if you really think a readme would help, well, I shall write a simple one tonight and see if I can find someone who's responible for that and who will want to upload it. You're probably right, it's very likely someone downloading it doesn't have FreeBSD installed yet. Or any -nix, for that matter. A simple readme file doesn't hurt anybody. > Yours sincerely, >=20 > Tomi H=E4s=E4 >=20 Kind regards, wouter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message