From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267553AbUHJRCu (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:02:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267562AbUHJQuy (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 12:50:54 -0400 Received: from ppp2-adsl-200.the.forthnet.gr ([193.92.233.200]:10028 "EHLO ppp1-100.the.forthnet.gr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267567AbUHJQuR (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 12:50:17 -0400 From: V13 To: Lee Revell Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6] Remove spaces from PCI IDE pci_driver.name field Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:52:17 +0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 Cc: Tomas Szepe , Alan Cox , dsaxena@plexity.net, greg@kroah.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <20040810001316.GA7292@plexity.net> <20040810155701.GB21534@louise.pinerecords.com> <1092154407.10794.14.camel@mindpipe> In-Reply-To: <1092154407.10794.14.camel@mindpipe> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200408101952.18710.v13@priest.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 10 August 2004 19:13, Lee Revell wrote: > On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 11:57, Tomas Szepe 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. > > Seriously, do you really *prefer* filenames like > Foo_Bar-Baa_Baaz_Quux.mp3? Anyone that writes scripts prefers filenames without spaces. It simplifies scripts *and* typing a lot. Card\ 01 Card\ 02 Cardinal Now we have to write: cd Ca\ 1 On the other hand, perhaps /sys should be named 'My computer' :P > Lee <> p.s. I believe upper-lower case is a similar (or worst) 'problem' too, regarding typing.