On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 07:45:28 -0500, "John Gabriele" jmg3000@gmail.com wrote:
Additionally, there is no need to enforce the extension of Geany project files to ".geany". Users can and should be able to choose any extension they like or no extension.
Maybe. But it makes finding a project file in the open dialog easier if it has the .geany extension.
Allowing any extension for Geany project files is probably just configurability for configurability's sake. It's not really that much of a bother for users to use a specific filename extension for a very specific sort of file, IMO.
Hmmm, we have the default extension ".geany" for Geany project files. So, specific extension for a specific filetype. It is just changeable by an user who wants to change it. As long as the user don't change it, it will be ".geany" and it will be shown in the project open dialog (and even if not, the file filter can still be changed to "All files"). In other words: why should we NOT allow the user to choose any other extension if he wants to? The extension doesn't have any deeper meaning at this point. So, why limit the user in his will?
Regards, Enrico