Welcome guest, is this your first visit? Create Account now to join.
  • Login:

Welcome to the OldVersion.com Forums.

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.

Results 1 to 5 of 5
  1. #1
    Release Candiate 1
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Posts
    63

    Default Text files without extension

    Someone knows why some developers attach readme files without extensions to their programs? Why are they doing that? Is there any popular text editing tool which generates such files?

  2. #2
    Administrator
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    Uk
    Posts
    1,450

    Default

    have a read here my friend it should clarify what you are asking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_file
    simply me

  3. #3
    Beta
    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Location
    Nova Scotia
    Posts
    181

    Default

    Most use readme files is how they name it, Simple notepad is the trick, Odd times there readme files in pdf format but most are just notepad then they rename it to readme.txt

  4. #4
    Super Moderator
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Posts
    3,496

    Default

    Also. many developers develop programs for various platforms. Such as for UNIX-like OS's. This would be for OSX, GNU/Linux and BSD.
    Under these OS's. File extensions are not important to use. As the OS determines what a files type is without needing a dot 3 letter extension, by making use of meta-data.

  5. #5

    Default

    Indeed correct....

    You can open a file with NOTEPAD even w/o an extention (You just have to do it manually)


 

Similar Threads

  1. Compressing Multiple Files Into Multiple Archives
    By TheGreatWhiteDope in forum Programs / Support
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 11-23-2006, 12:22 PM
  2. Deleting Temporary Files
    By Muffy in forum General Discussion
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 08-17-2005, 11:31 AM
  3. Program That Reads Outloud
    By honeyluv in forum Requests
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 08-27-2004, 09:27 AM
  4. Computer Viruses
    By guest_Doc in forum General Discussion
    Replies: 7
    Last Post: 03-19-2004, 08:11 PM
  5. Uploads Of Files Via E-mail
    By Therese in forum OldVersion.com
    Replies: 5
    Last Post: 07-04-2003, 02:42 AM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •