Re: [Bug-gnubg] PNG Export

[Nardy Pillards]

> On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 12:47:49PM +0100, ?ystein Johansen wrote:
> > I actually don't like any program to add any untyped
> > extension. Maybe because I'm a control freak. I really hate it when
> > I'm sitting on a machine, maybe a public computer at the library or
> > the internet caf?, with Notepad as the only text editor available,
> > typing html documents and then then you file gets saved as
> > file.html.txt.
> >
> > My vote goes to "no".
>
> I agree.  There is already far too much software trying to do clever
> things behind your back and getting it wrong in the world.  Let's not
> create any more.
>
> That said, however, (and this applies to most gnubg features I decide
> not to implement), I have no objection if somebody else wants to
> implement the opposite behaviour, as long as it is optional.
>
> Cheers,
> Gary.

I do agree with the annoying 'it's a text editor, does I add .txt' behaviour
of text editor.
(yep, Win32 here)
But I think GNU Backgammon adds .html when I do:
File / Export HTML.
Simply because -everyone- knows a html file is expected to have .html
And images get the .png (or .gif, or .jpg, or ...). And mp3 files get .mp3.
And zipfiles get .zip. and....
mat files, sgg files, sgf files.

And even when *nix systems don't operate with a this-program-this-extension
concept as Window does, a Windows environment does. And browsers do.
So... it is not a bad idea to put a #if win32 to add .png.
Not a bad idea to add .mat exporting mat files.
Not a bad idea to add .ps for postscript. .pdf for PDF files.

Not a bad idea at all

Nardy