Hyphens versus underscores

[Roger Oberholtzer]

Roger

Roger.oberholtzer at surbrunn.net


On Jan 3, 2009, at 7:56 PM, Bill Campbell <linux-sxs at celestial.com>  
wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 03, 2009, Kurt Wall wrote:
>> On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 11:58:38AM +0200, Angel Tsankov wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Does anyone known good reasons to prefer hyphens to underscores or  
>>> vice
>>> versa in file names?
>>
>> I am not aware of a technical reason to prefer one to the other. I  
>> find
>> hyphens easier to type than underscores because hyphens require use  
>> of a
>> Shift key on a QWERTY (Sholes) keyboard. Nonetheless, I seem to  
>> prefer
>> underscores, likely as a matter of habit.
>

I use a hyphen so I can possibly underline the name in dogs or in  
lists of names in programs that seperate rows with lines.  Otherwise  
it may not be seen.


Roger