jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) (11/13/89)
In article <0ZKoagy00UkaFnd_R7@andrew.cmu.edu> bader+@andrew.cmu.edu (Miles Bader) writes: >new@udel.edu (Darren New) writes: :: In article <3260@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> barrett@jhunix.UUCP (Dan Barrett) writes: :: >Selecting "user-supplied" would read the IFF 8SVX file "S:BeepSound" :: >and use it as the beep. :: No, no, no! Keep S: for scripts. Put it in DEVS:BeepSound. -- Darren : : Why is a sound-sample any more appropiate in "devs:" (devices) than in : "s:"??????? If you have ever done anything like "search S: mount" or "grep mount s:*", you can see the advantage of not putting binary files in a directory that you expect to have only text files. I used to have the executable binary for DirMaster in the same directory its data files until I got hit by this problem. Keeping only human-readable ASCII files in directories full of configuration files is a lot "cleaner". The world won't come to an end if you put binary files in S:, but it is not esthetically pleasing. ("A place for everything, and everything in its place.) -- Joe Smith (408)922-6220 | SMTP: JMS@F74.TYMNET.COM or jms@gemini.tymnet.com McDonnell Douglas FSCO | UUCP: ...!{ames,pyramid}!oliveb!tymix!tardis!jms PO Box 49019, MS-D21 | PDP-10 support: My car's license plate is "POPJ P," San Jose, CA 95161-9019 | narrator.device: "I didn't say that, my Amiga did!"
bader+@andrew.cmu.edu (Miles Bader) (11/13/89)
jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) writes: > In article <0ZKoagy00UkaFnd_R7@andrew.cmu.edu> bader+@andrew.cmu.edu (Miles Bader) \ > writes: > >new@udel.edu (Darren New) writes: > :: In article <3260@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> barrett@jhunix.UUCP (Dan Barrett) writes: > :: >Selecting "user-supplied" would read the IFF 8SVX file "S:BeepSound" > :: >and use it as the beep. > :: No, no, no! Keep S: for scripts. Put it in DEVS:BeepSound. -- Darren > : > : Why is a sound-sample any more appropiate in "devs:" (devices) than in > : "s:"??????? > > If you have ever done anything like "search S: mount" or "grep mount s:*", > you can see the advantage of not putting binary files in a directory > that you expect to have only text files. I used to have the executable > binary for DirMaster in the same directory its data files until I got > hit by this problem. Keeping only human-readable ASCII files in directories > full of configuration files is a lot "cleaner". > > The world won't come to an end if you put binary files in S:, but it is > not esthetically pleasing. ("A place for everything, and everything > in its place.) I'm not arguing for putting a beep in S:, I'm arguing AGAINST putting it in devs:, which has a clear purpose. Make up a new standard place, like "lib:" or something, for keeping misc data. -Miles