From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267493AbUHJQgG (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 12:36:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267516AbUHJQfw (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 12:35:52 -0400 Received: from louise.pinerecords.com ([213.168.176.16]:35260 "EHLO louise.pinerecords.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267534AbUHJQSW (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 12:18:22 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:18:13 +0200 From: Tomas Szepe To: Lee Revell Cc: Alan Cox , dsaxena@plexity.net, greg@kroah.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6] Remove spaces from PCI IDE pci_driver.name field Message-ID: <20040810161813.GC21534@louise.pinerecords.com> References: <20040810001316.GA7292@plexity.net> <1092096699.14934.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20040810021209.GA10495@plexity.net> <1092138774.16979.13.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20040810155701.GB21534@louise.pinerecords.com> <1092154407.10794.14.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1092154407.10794.14.camel@mindpipe> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Aug-10 2004, Tue, 12:13 -0400 Lee Revell wrote: > > Sure, but while with a GUI you can click on almost anything, on the > > command line spaces in filenames have always been a real pain in > > the ass, so let's not pretend otherwise. > Ever heard of tab completion? Think of it as click for the command line. Most completing algorithms are not (cannot be) smart enough to know context, so the escaping they choose is not necessarily appropriate. > Seriously, do you really *prefer* filenames like > Foo_Bar-Baa_Baaz_Quux.mp3? Yes, and I don't think I'm alone. -- Tomas Szepe