Re: suggestions & observations

Drazen Kacar (dave@srce.hr)
Thu, 1 Jul 1999 00:34:14 +0200

michael@surfnetcity.com.au wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 10:20:59AM -0500, Robert Sievers wrote:
>
> > This was our off the cuff answer. Would people want files to automatically
> > append a ".abw" to the file name on UNIX?
>
> Yes, I personally think it is a good idea:
>
> 1) Interaction with Win32 platforms
> 2) Mime types for KDE/GNOME/mailcap

And CDE. Most of the systems can guess the type even without the extension,
based on the magic number, but it usually doesn't work if the file is
compressed.

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