~/My Computer/.directory

[Collins Richey]

On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 17:18:21 -0500
"David A. Bandel" <david at pananix.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 11:41:47 -0500
> Joel Hammer <joel at hammershome.com> wrote:
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> > Can someone tell me where to find documentation for
> > this file?
> > 
> >      ~/My Computer/.directory
> > 
> > When I print, I guess cups is giving me errors based on
> > this file format. Klocale is unhappy.
> > 
> > One error complained it was missing an "=" sign. That was due to
> > having a blank line at the end.
> > Now I get an error saying there is a "" entry.
> > Printing works fine, but this bothers me.
> > 
> > Here are the file contents:
> > 
> > [Desktop Entry]
> > Name=My Computer
> > Icon=mycomputer
> >  
> 
> What a horrendously bad idea/habit putting spaces in file and
> directory names.  UNIX will give you fits about that.  Change the
> space to an underscore, hyphen, or just remove it completely.  Your
> problem will go away.  This is not Windoze, it's Linux and works as
> UNIX has been designed to work since long before M$ even existed. 
> STOP USING SPACES IN FILE/DIRECTORY NAMES!
> 
> M$ Windoze:  we teach bad habits so you can't change operating systems
> easily.
> 

Yeah, me too. I was going to make a snide remark: look on any WinLoser
computer <g> But David's reply was much more elegant.

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Collins Richey - Denver area
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