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Re: [ARSCLIST] Underscore in file names



On 05/09/06, steven c wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lou Judson" <loujudson@xxxxxxx>
>> Exactly my (minor) complaint. Do they let you even change it without
>> bolluxing up the whole system requiring a reinstall? In Macs, you
>> can;t change the applications folder without major consequences.
>> 
> Actually, you can rename "My Documents"...however, the o/s will simply
> create a new one! There is a fairly complicated procedure (I've
> forgotten the details) to convince the o/s that the NEW "My
> Documents," and not the old one (the machinery still thinks of it as
> "My Documents," in spite of the fact you renamed it "Axolotl!") is the
> real "My Documents" folder. Always assume that operating
> systems...ESPECIALLY graphics- dependent operating systems (be they
> Apple or Wintel, anyway...) are designed to make computers accessible
> to a "lowest common denominator" of computer USERS!
> 
> In retrospect, I wonder if those choices were right...or if the world
> was better off when "C:>" sat there and blinked at you, waiting to
> find out what you wanted to do next...

The command line is still the quickest and easiest way to do many
things.

> Automobiles have already proven the non-wisdom of turning loose upon
> the world a gaggle (or google?!) of users who wot only of the basics
> of operating their machines (if that?!)...

Regards
-- 
Don Cox
doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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