lynx-dev Re: [2.8.1dev.22] patch0.3: UIPs, help files, --enable-gzip-help

[Sinan Kaan Yerli]

(27/08/1998 08:02) Doug Kaufman:

>On Thu, 27 Aug 1998, Sinan Kaan Yerli wrote:
>
>> * All help files are renamed from '.html' -> '.html_'
>
>Anything that depends on .html being different from .html_ will break on
>any filesystem with 8+3 naming limitations, such as DOS. These will all
>be .htm on the filesystem.

Hmmm. That's true.

But, it is easy to fix. I was trying to come up with a dummy extension but
I completely forgot DOS. What is your preference then:
        '._'   --> '.html'
        '.in'  -->
        '.pre' -->
I don't want to called '.txt', though. It is too common.

Sinan.