Subj : Re: moving or not was: C To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Wed Apr 08 2020 22:40:10 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 31-Mar-2020 10:29 <=- NB>>> My files are all in 8.3 format, sometimes with creative extensions... NB>>> DOS and my editor can tell when something is actually a text file, NB>>> too... BM>> Good on that! I had taught Windows the 'BJM extension' (.BJM) was a BM>> text file: my initials and something as a way to quickly find my notes BM>> or comments. Windows needed to be told and placed in the table; Linux BM>> just knew. NB>> Another strike against Windows.... ;) BM> Well, admittedly a little unconventional (but consider the BM> source!) Linux reads some sort of a header inside the file and BM> determines (and sometimes tries to guess) the file type. It also has BM> a table where it can be told to use a certain utility to open/display a BM> file with a specific header. Even though I rarely use linux (other than that set of *nix commands), I've known that linux has a lot of benefits over windows... of course, I'm also prejudiced against windows anyway.... NB>>> I'll try to remember that for if/when I switch to just Linux... so far NB>>> I'm happily just using DOS for most of what I do.... and then, very NB>>> occasionally, linux here or on one of Richard's machines, or Windows10 NB>>> on the touchscreen machine of Richard's that lets me do websites that NB>>> lynx can't handle.... BM>> Always handy to be aware of some of the tricks and tips. :) May not BM>> remember right off: there have been more than a few times I type in a BM>> half-remembered command and the results don't come out as expected. NB>> BTDT, too... That's what a "spell book" list is for... keeping track NB>> of the commands one doesn't quite remember... ;) BM> Why am I visualizing you in a bent-tipped witch's hat -- which doesn't BM> go with that flowing back gown! Dunno... must just be that vivid imagination of yours... I'm not a witch, just a sorcerer's apprentice, remember....? ;) BM> Back in my learning DOS days I had a note card box with index cards BM> with the 'incantations'; had intended to do the same when starting BM> Linux. And then you found yourself just using the spells anyway....? ;) BM>>> As much as I prefer keyboarding I do tend to use the mouse to do a lot BM>>> of commands, primarily because they are not consistent and so safer: I BM>>> don't accidentally type the wrong key. ...OTOH I'm sort of in DOS BM>>> mode thinking writing this and thinking EDIT is "Alt F S" to Save and BM>>> "Alt F X" to exit (which will also prompt to save if the file has been BM>>> changed). NB>>> One has to be in a graphic interface for the mouse to be helpful, NB>>> even potentially... ;) Mine's strictly text... BM>> There have been those times I grab the mouse to move the cursor and BM>> the cursor just sits there! NB>> I'm not grabbing for the mouse.... just as well... BM> It does tend to not do too much in DOS! I tend to use whichever is BM> more convenient, and sometimes 'convenient' has the meaning of 'less BM> errors' such as the for-certain to click on a window or field to make BM> active as opposed to tabbing or arrowing through. Of course, as usual BM> "all depends". Definitely all depends.... ;) My "for-certain" clicking would likely misfire anyway.... NB>>>> My neighbor ended up getting a powder room put into what had been the NB>>>> under the stairs coat closet, just enough room for a toilet and small NB>>>> sink... Her house was built early 1900's, ours was built 1900.... BM>>> My uncle had an older house when I was really young (~8) and I vaguely BM>>> recall a really tiny bathroom (just toilet and sink - half-bath, like BM>>> I knew that term then!) and it was tiny even by my standards (I was BM>>> eight or so, so small). NB>>> I suspect even your 8-y-o self would have found my neighbor's NB>>> half-bath tiny as well.... ;) BM>> There are some things one just should not skimp on, like bathroom BM>> space! NB>> And there are times that that just isn't an option... when the only NB>> space available is barely large enough, and the only other choice is NB>> to not have anything at all (so just using a commode that needs NB>> dumping)... BM> Right: after-the-fact remodeling has to conform to existing spaces and BM> structures. Precisely... I wouldn't be surprised if that tiny half-bath at your uncle's wasn't also a retrofit... :) BM>> As for the tub-climbing, sort of what I did with the tub-shower at the BM>> hotel in Vienna. The 'big problem' was the tub was on a 6- or 8-inch BM>> rise (probably to accomodate the drain) so one had to climb up into the BM>> tub and when exiting step up, over, and down almost an extra foot! NB>> One could really use those assistive steps on the outside there... :) BM> Right! I could understand the need to have the tub elevated above BM> floor level in order to make room for the drain (hmm: yet the toilet BM> wasn't elevated). And to me a step would have made sense. Maybe they have longer legs there... ttyl neb .... People who hate cats will come back as mice in their next life. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .