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Subject:Re: File name or filename? From:Mike Bygrave <bygravem -at- INTUITIVE -dot- CO -dot- UK> Date:Mon, 21 Oct 1996 12:21:00 +-100
>I am somewhat of a purist. I prefer "file name" in text. When I use it as
a variable name in an example, I'll do something like this:
> copy <filename>.TXT c:/junk
>Almost invariably, I'll use italics for <filename> as a formatting
convention for variables.
...erm, am I being a bit dim here?
It looks very much like you're saying that you prefer "file name" (with a
space), but then--in your examples--you use the unspaced version. What is
you preference?
Mike Bygrave (bygravem -at- intuitive -dot- co -dot- uk)
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