Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 07:27:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
Reply-To: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
To: pierre AT tycho DOT com
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Subject: Re: BIG suggestion for Opendos Features
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On Thu, 8 May 1997, Pierre Phaneuf wrote:

> > Yeah, I *HATE* spaces in filenames!  I have my biased reasons of
> > "why" but I'll keep them to myself.  I don't put CTRL-R's in
> > filenames or ALT-234's so I don't appreciate spaces either.
> > However, the IFS must accept them I suppose for compatibility
> > with FS's that allow them. I think the new native FS should
> > support but discourage them.
> 
> Stupidity should be supported, but definitely discouraged. ;-)
> 
> > Even worse than spaces in filenames are '!' chars.  Try and do
> > ANYTHING with a file with a ! in it in UNIX!  YIKES!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> Well, can't you put backslashes in front of them?

At the command line, yes.  I have several X programs that don't
like GIF files that start with a "!" character.  They REFUSE to
work properly!
 
> > Question: Where can I get a good WYSIWYG HTML editor for Linux?
> 
> If you find an answer to that one, I'd be interested. Hmm... Not really
> WYSIWYG editor, but I'd like something like HomeSite for Windows 95, with
> HTML validation built-in, syntax highlighting and HTML commands (like
> Ctrl-A to do an anchor with the selected text).

Amaya is kindof nice, but buggy, beta, and not fully featured
yet.  It will probably be really nice if they ever finish it.


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