Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:25:25 05/23/02
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On May 23, 2002 at 12:26:13, Guido Schimmels wrote: >On May 22, 2002 at 22:08:45, Christophe Theron wrote: > >>On May 22, 2002 at 21:04:12, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On May 22, 2002 at 17:08:55, Christophe Theron wrote: >>> >>>>Vincent your post is excellent. >>>> >>>>I have been able to find in your message most of the points that annoyed me the >>>>most when I tested Linux. >>>> >>>>The most important points that are really a shame are: >>>> >>>>* Lack of standard automount in the kernel. I guess there are compatibility >>>>reasons for not implementing automount for CDs and floppies in the kernel, >>>>because there are no hardware reasons. Standard PCs have the necessary media >>>>insertion/ejection sensors. >>> >>> >>>This is present. On my redhat 7.2 machine, I simply insert a CD and I can >>>then poke around on it without mounting a thing. Floppies are the same... >>> >>>> >>>>* case sensitivity in retrieving files names. What a bullshit! What purpose does >>>>it serve? Can't find any. How many problems does it generate? Many. But here >>>>again I do not see how this problem can be solved, as it is burnt deep into the >>>>system. Storing file names exactly as they were typed is OK, not retrieving a >>>>file because of case sensitivity is a major mistake. >>> >>>You could certainly write a brain-dead shell that could map all unix >>>filenames to lower-case, and map all console input to lower-case, so that >>>there is no more sensitivity in filenames. However, there are perfectly >>>good reasons for uppercase and lowercase filenames being different. You >>>can control which files show up first (or last) in a listing by using the >>>right case. You can use case to indicate other things such as a working >>>directory vs a backup directory. Both have the same name, but the case >>>could be different. >>> >>>Do you not use case-sensitivity in your C programming? I hope so to make it >>>more _readable_. I certainly do. >> >> >>I agree with you that being able to write the file names and variable names as I >>want is great. >> >>What is not is being unable to find "this" when it has been spelled "This" >>initially. >> >>Filenames are case sensitive in Windows only for storing. When searching for >>filenames, the search is case insensitive. That's the best way to do it in my >>opinion. > >In all gui-frontends (kfind, XFGlob...) you just have to mark/unmark a >checkbox to toggle between case-sensitive/case-insensitive searches. >Is that all to make you happy ? Linux is very flexible. You can always do >things the way YOU want. > That is _the_ point. It doesn't have to be brain-deaded away to make it only work for some. > >> >> Christophe > > -Guido-
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