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Re: Next time you make a trace file... ( was Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker)



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.

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