diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index f491661..bd5e11a 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -325,16 +325,14 @@ to uppercase or lowercase. http://xahlee.info/UnixResource_dir/_/fileCaseSens.html -However, there is no shortage of opinions that this was a bad choice. [#]_ [#]_ [#]_ [#]_ [#]_ [#]_ - -.. [#] https://www.ma.utexas.edu/pipermail/maxima/2003/004483.html +However, there is no shortage of opinions that this was a bad choice. Anecdotally, case sensitivity in programs is known to be error-prone for both beginners and experienced users. Bob Frankston, a Multics alumnus and the co-inventor of VisiCalc, once said it was the biggest mistake that Multics had inflicted on the world. -.. [#] http://xahlee.info/UnixResource_dir/_/fileCaseSens.html +https://www.ma.utexas.edu/pipermail/maxima/2003/004483.html Mac ＆ Windows users have to have filenames read to them over the phone by support techs. They have to be able to write little sticky notes to their @@ -344,7 +342,7 @@ However, there is no shortage of opinions that this was a bad choice. [#]_ [#]_ get a response that's anything but a 404? Haven't you ever been secretly pleased that e-mail addresses aren't case-sensitive? -.. [#] http://blog.codinghorror.com/the-case-for-case-insensitivity/ +http://xahlee.info/UnixResource_dir/_/fileCaseSens.html One of the most pernicious problems with C-based languages is that they're case-sensitive. While this decision may have made sense in 1972 when the @@ -355,22 +353,24 @@ However, there is no shortage of opinions that this was a bad choice. [#]_ [#]_ case insensitivity is a much more human being friendly design choice. Designing software that's easier for machines is questionable at best. -.. [#] http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2005/10/27/the-case-for-case-preserving-case-insensitivity/ +http://blog.codinghorror.com/the-case-for-case-insensitivity/ There is no longer any excuse for making humans learn and handle the quirks of the way computers store upper- and lower-case characters. Instead, software should handle the quirks of human language. -.. [#] http://tiamat.tsotech.com/case-sensitivity-sucks +http://tiamat.tsotech.com/case-sensitivity-sucks Since it appears to have manifested out of opinion rather than necessity, it could be said case-sensitivity is the worst way that modern technology sucks. -.. [#] http://www.raizlabs.com/graiz/2007/02/11/linuxunix-case-sensitivity/ +http://www.raizlabs.com/graiz/2007/02/11/linuxunix-case-sensitivity/ This is really stupid, it causes a ton of problems and there is no longer any good reason to have case sensitivity in an OS. +http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2005/10/27/the-case-for-case-preserving-case-insensitivity/ + There are also passionate views to the opposite effect. Many of us consider those filesystems which cannot preserve case, but @@ -427,10 +427,16 @@ It also used three-character extensions. http://cryptosmith.com/2013/10/19/digitals-rt-11-file-system/ -The lack of agreement on filename case-sensitivity may seem insignificant today, -but it leads to non-trivial difficulties in cross-platform development. [#]_ [#]_ -Developers of cross-platform software can `make a habit`_ of not relying on case-sensitive filesystem access, -but problems of this ilk arise when crops up when porting from Windows to Linux or vice-versa. [#]_ +The lack of agreement on filename case-sensitivity +may seem insignificant today, +but it leads to non-trivial difficulties +in cross-platform development. [#tortoise_svn_case_sensitivity]_ [#openfoam_no_windows_port]_ +Developers of cross-platform software can `make a habit`_ +of not relying on case-sensitive filesystem access, +but problems of this ilk crop up +when porting from Windows to Linux or vice-versa. [#valve_porting_source_to_linux]_ + +.. _make a habit: http://www.mono-project.com/docs/getting-started/application-portability/#case-sensitivity For example, the Linux port of the `Unity engine`_ has `issues with case-sensitive filesystems`_. @@ -443,14 +449,16 @@ For example, the Linux port of the `Unity engine`_ has `issues with case-sensiti will never fail that some well-intentioned programmer throws a toLower() in somewhere and ruins the party. -.. [#] https://code.google.com/p/tortoisesvn/issues/detail?id=32 -.. [#] http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Main_FAQ#Why_isn.27t_there_a_Windows_port_of_OpenFOAM_.3F +.. _Unity engine: http://unity3d.com/ +.. _issues with case-sensitive filesystems: http://natoshabard.com/post/122670082502/porting-the-unity-editor-to-linux-stuff-i-wish + +.. [#tortoise_svn_case_sensitivity] https://code.google.com/p/tortoisesvn/issues/detail?id=32 +.. [#openfoam_no_windows_port] http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Main_FAQ#Why_isn.27t_there_a_Windows_port_of_OpenFOAM_.3F The OpenFOAM-sources need a fully case-sensitive file-system and can't even be unpacked properly on a Windows system -.. _make a habit: http://www.mono-project.com/docs/getting-started/application-portability/#case-sensitivity -.. [#] http://adrienb.fr/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/PortingSourceToLinux.pdf +.. [#valve_porting_source_to_linux] http://adrienb.fr/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/PortingSourceToLinux.pdf - Linux filesystems are case-sensitive - Windows is not @@ -458,8 +466,6 @@ For example, the Linux port of the `Unity engine`_ has `issues with case-sensiti - But an issue during development, with loose files - Solution 1: Slam all assets to lower case, including directories, then tolower all file lookups (only adjust below root) - Solution 2: Build file cache, look for similarly named files -.. _Unity engine: http://unity3d.com/ -.. _issues with case-sensitive filesystems: http://natoshabard.com/post/122670082502/porting-the-unity-editor-to-linux-stuff-i-wish .. [#CPM_case_insensitive] CP/M did this conversion internally. @@ -807,17 +813,10 @@ and user interface customization can be difficult to implement. For example, Windows presents many configuration options in non-resizable dialog boxes. This can pose user-interface problems, -especially on high-resolution monitors. [#]_ [#]_ - -.. [#] http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/working-with-windows#1TC=windows-7§ion_3 -.. [#] http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-desktop/cannot-resize-small-windows/160862cf-6e52-4a99-9365-d380491a067d +especially on high-resolution monitors. [#changing_size_of_window]_ [#cannot_resize_small_windows]_ One solution to this problem is to download and run a third-party background process -that tracks every single time a window is resized. [#]_ [#]_ [#]_ - -.. [#] http://www.thewindowsclub.com/resize-non-resizable-windows -.. [#] http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/11799/turn-non-resizeable-windows-into-rezieable-windows/ -.. [#] http://www.digitallis.co.uk/pc/ResizeEnable/index.html +that tracks every single time a window is resized. [#resize_non_resizable_windows]_ [#turn_non_resizable_windows]_ [#ResizeEnable]_ The README is not directly linkable via URL, so here are some of the salient parts:: @@ -879,6 +878,12 @@ There are some drawbacks to this approach:: ResizeEnable can't tell them to move or resize. Yet again, Microsoft ignore their own codebase and reinvent the wheel. And people wonder why their applications are so big.. +.. [#changing_size_of_window] http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/working-with-windows#1TC=windows-7§ion_3 +.. [#cannot_resize_small_windows] http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-desktop/cannot-resize-small-windows/160862cf-6e52-4a99-9365-d380491a067d +.. [#resize_non_resizable_windows] http://www.thewindowsclub.com/resize-non-resizable-windows +.. [#turn_non_resizable_windows] http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/11799/turn-non-resizeable-windows-into-rezieable-windows/ +.. [#ResizeEnable] http://www.digitallis.co.uk/pc/ResizeEnable/index.html + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Update inertia. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~