Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 3 Jul 1999 13:45:24 +1000 | From | Nathan Hand <> | Subject | Re: If we cannot trim subject lines... |
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On Tue, Jun 29, 1999 at 08:59:50PM +0200, Mark-Andre Hopf wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Jamie Lokier wrote: > > > Richard Gooch wrote: > > > Secondly, we haven't seen a convincining argument as to why putting a > > > FS into a file provides a significant benefit. > > > > You know, you're right... > > ... > > > A fair point, though I haven't seen a convincing argument why a plain > > old directory isn't adequate for holding a compound document. > > (a) Because it prevents the normal user from messing around with the > internal of the `directory' and with it preventing the application > programmer from adding tons of code to detect and workaround unexpected > changes.
The user can open up a compound document in a text editor and 'mess' with it. If you need to protect compound document directories from users, then you can improve the shell, it achieves the same effect.
> (b) The normal user expects a `bunch of data' in a single file, not in a > directory.
If the shell is written properly, this is how they'll see it.
> (c) The content of the `directory' isn't of interest to the user but to some > applications.
It's of interest to some users, too.
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