Re: New name for terraSync index files
James Turner <[email protected]> Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:28:19 +0100
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--===============2112451794416699889== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_48812278-EB48-4AC1-87BC-C6236064299F" --Apple-Mail=_48812278-EB48-4AC1-87BC-C6236064299F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On 13 Jul 2026, at 21:50, Torsten Dreyer <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > I am leaning towards dirindex.txt (all lowercase, no camelcase). > why .txt? usually sets the correct content-type on whatever server it = gets served from. > why no camelcase? This calls for trouble on Windows. dirIndex on *nix = happily lives next to dirindex but fails on Windows and Mac with a = caseignore filesystem. >=20 > Makes sense? Yeah I wondered about the benefits of declaring the content type this = way. I=E2=80=99m fairly persuaded by this, I think. Kind regards, James --Apple-Mail=_48812278-EB48-4AC1-87BC-C6236064299F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html aria-label=3D"message body"><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" = content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body = style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = line-break: after-white-space;"><br = id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div>On 13 Jul 2026, at 21:50, Torsten Dreyer = <[email protected]> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div><span style=3D"caret-color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: = normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; = display: inline !important;">I am leaning towards dirindex.txt (all = lowercase, no camelcase).</span><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; = orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; = text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; = display: inline !important;">why .txt? usually sets the correct = content-type on whatever server it gets served from.</span><br = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; = text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; = display: inline !important;">why no camelcase? This calls for trouble on = Windows. dirIndex on *nix happily lives next to dirindex but fails on = Windows and Mac with a caseignore filesystem.</span><br = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; = text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;"><br = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; = text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; = display: inline !important;">Makes = sense?</span></div></blockquote></div><br><div>Yeah I wondered about the = benefits of declaring the content type this way. I=E2=80=99m fairly = persuaded by this, I think.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind = regards,</div><div>James</div><div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_48812278-EB48-4AC1-87BC-C6236064299F-- --===============2112451794416699889== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline --===============2112451794416699889== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel --===============2112451794416699889==--