Hyphens versus underscores

[Roger Oberholtzer]

(Sorry about the formatting of that last one. I should never send e-mail
from an iPod. It was 'docs' and not 'dogs', and the signature should not
have been at the top...)

On Sat, 2009-01-03 at 22:31 +0100, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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