Re: [zzdev] File extension: fly in ointment

[Ted Nelson <ted@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Unforch CNS say they don't want ZZ files to open
 automatically from the whatchamacallit table.
 Say it's a security risk.

ChrzT


At 02:27 PM 10/2/98 +1000, you wrote:
>On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 09:51:20PM +1000, Gossamer wrote:
>> We've been calling the data file zigzag.data so the issue hasn't come
>> up but should we really have a standard extension for zigzag data
>> files?
>
>Sure, it comes in handy for DOS / Windows systems that like extensions.
>
>> If we're going to include several examples in with the disctribution,
>> I'd imagine they'd all be called something like:
>>    examples/beks_spending.zz
>>    examples/zz_demo_disk.zz
>> etc.
>
>Yep.
>
>> Is .zz what we want to use though?  Or .zig, or something else?
>
>Yes, I think we'd agreed to standardise on the .zz extension.
>
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