Re: links

[<nuke bayside net>]

On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Ryoga no baka wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, chuck by default wrote:
> 
> > i'd just like to say please *do not* make users use .lnk or .kdelnk or
> > .glnk or whatever files for links/aliases/whatever you'd like to call
> > them. ln -s is *much* nicer, happier, etc. Make a dnd front end to it,
> > whatever, but... ln -s is your friend :)
> > 
> > -chuck
> 
> It's great for linking files, it's more efficient for that sort of
> thing...  But for storing parameters used to execute a program and such,
> the .*lnk file is a very efficient way of doing it.  I'd think both should
> be available, with the .*lnk files being used for setting up apps and the
> symbolic links being used for what they've always been good for - linking.

is the whole idea of a *single* menu file obsolete? granted, with today's
hardware, reading lots of files isn't a big deal, but i still think it'd
be better to keep app info in some sort of database, most likely a text
file or files.