Re: [PATCH]: aligned file extensions and different sorting mode for .files

[Pavel Roskin <proski gnu org>]

Hello!

Could you please comment your patch?

In particular, what's the meaning of ALIGN_EXT_2 and why it's a
preprocessor directive rather than a variable that can be changed at the
runtime?

If it's possible to align extension in the custom mode (which has a
half-decent user interface) is it really a good idea to add another
undocumented variable that would affect all modes?

Most importantly, I don't like the idea of the patch.  UNIX filesystem
doesn't distinguish extensions and doesn't treat the dot in a special
manner.  There are conventions (e.g. C files should end with ".c"), but I
doesn't want MC users to be fooled by anybody who ignores those
conventions.

Nothing forbids using dots and spaces in any part of the filename.  The 
following manes are valid:

file.ext
file .ext
file.ext.
file    ext

Aligning the extention may cause some of those filenames to look in 
exactly the same way on the screen.  It is not Ok for a file manager.

On the other hand, sorting by extension is Ok because it simply causes the
entries to be sorted differently without changing their look.  But it's
implemeented already.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin