Re: Spaces in file and directory names.

[gianluca <gianluca pluto linux it>]

On 15 Dec 1998, Gisli Ottarsson wrote:

> This is why I think spaces in file names are a bad idea and this is
> why I expressed the hope that none of the standard gnome directories
> and file names would contain spaces.  This would give an inexperienced
> user the impression that this practice was encouraged as well as being
> a pain in the ass for the advanced user.  

Can be a bad idea, but (for my experience) it is better to write

"Work document directory"

than

"Workdocumentdirectory"

They meas that in the directory there is you have teh document related to
your work, but what do you read better ? 

We have the long file name, why use a short file name ?

Of course for the name of an executable file it is better a short name
without spaces, but for a directory the spaces give more uman-readable
results, as for the name of a document.

Just my idea...

bye

Gianluca

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