RE: Naming Files and Folders

Subject: RE: Naming Files and Folders
From: "Joyce Fetterman" <Joycef -at- gtsoftware -dot- com>
To: "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:08:35 -0400

Richard Combs wrote:
<< As for underscores, I've never understood the preference among geeks
for
underscores over hyphens. I don't think a_really_long_file_name.ext is
any more readable than a-really-long-file-name.ext, and in some
situations less. Plus, it's harder to type.>>


That's interesting. I actually find underscores more readable that
hyphens, which is why I use them. This is especially true when the file
name is found within other text. I won't use spaces in file names.

Joyce


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References:
Naming Files and Folders: From: Ronquillo, Michael
RE: Naming Files and Folders: From: Combs, Richard

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