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Offline raph

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Change default workspace extension to .cbw
« on: June 09, 2007, 12:32:59 pm »
The extension for codeblocks projects is .cbp.
Therefore I think it is more intuitive to name default extension for workspaces .cbw instead of .workspace.
Of course keep .workspace as an alternative for backward-compatibility.
What do you think?

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raph
« Last Edit: June 09, 2007, 12:39:52 pm by raph »

Offline thomas

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Re: Change default workspace extension to .cbw
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2007, 02:17:16 pm »
Sounds ok to me. Valid point, working solution, better for FAT systems, and may make extension handling easier at a distant time in the future.
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Re: Change default workspace extension to .cbw
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2007, 04:12:12 pm »
Hi !

I had proposed that in that post with lots of answers as you can see  :wink:.
As asked in the post, is it possible to add 'dll' to the extensions listed in the linker tab settings (as it is possible to link dlls with mingw) ?

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Re: Change default workspace extension to .cbw
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2007, 07:52:26 pm »
It would things make more consistent. Backwards file compatibility is a piece of cake to do (but you might want to make it auto-rename the file extension to cbw when opening a .workspace file).

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Re: Change default workspace extension to .cbw
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2007, 09:06:55 pm »
Cbw is already taken: http://filext.com/file-extension/cbw, but even though, it's much better than .workspace

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Re: Change default workspace extension to .cbw
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2007, 06:09:16 am »
So what? cbp is ALREADY taken, too! (CD Box Labeler Pro). I think being too scrupulous about extensions being taken, is just well, ridiculous.

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Re: Change default workspace extension to .cbw
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2007, 02:14:12 pm »
jjj and kkk are free  :lol:

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Re: Change default workspace extension to .cbw
« Reply #7 on: September 06, 2007, 02:40:09 pm »
id prefer cbw too (for whatever little my vote counts for). 

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Re: Change default workspace extension to .cbw
« Reply #8 on: September 06, 2007, 03:27:59 pm »
cbw is shorter and clean  :)

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Re: Change default workspace extension to .cbw
« Reply #9 on: September 06, 2007, 03:36:29 pm »
cbw could mean "Code Blocks Wizard" :!:

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Re: Change default workspace extension to .cbw
« Reply #10 on: September 06, 2007, 04:39:57 pm »
cbp could mean "Code Blocks Profile" :!:
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Re: Change default workspace extension to .cbw
« Reply #11 on: September 06, 2007, 05:22:50 pm »
cbp could mean "Code Blocks Profile" :!:
 :D

cbw could mean "Can Be a Woman" :!: :lol:

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Re: Change default workspace extension to .cbw
« Reply #12 on: September 06, 2007, 10:26:23 pm »
So what? cbp is ALREADY taken, too! (CD Box Labeler Pro). I think being too scrupulous about extensions being taken, is just well, ridiculous.

I'm voting for wcb, it's not taken yet...

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Re: Change default workspace extension to .cbw
« Reply #13 on: September 07, 2007, 06:53:38 pm »
So what? cbp is ALREADY taken, too! (CD Box Labeler Pro). I think being too scrupulous about extensions being taken, is just well, ridiculous.

I'm voting for wcb, it's not taken yet...

But it also breaks consistancy.  There are plenty of non-unique file extentions.  One example would be *.chm that i've seen used in a half dozen things.  Whether a 3 letter extention is already used by something obscure shouldnt effect the decision.