Directory or Folder
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There is also "FolderBrowserDialog" under the Windows.Forms namespace. Guess even they can't decide!
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Phannon wrote:
There is also "FolderBrowserDialog" under the Windows.Forms namespace. Guess even they can't decide!
I see the folder as the visual representation of a directory. It seems entirely consistent to me that the filesystem might play with directories while the user plays with folders. It also means that the user can play with a folder called "My documents" without needing to know that the directory it refers to is x:\luser_space\pointless_data\
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I prefer Directory. But then Hey I prefer the old User Hostile Computers of the Late 70's Early 80's... DOS was wonderful, a blank screen and a c:\ Prompt. It meant people who knew nothing about computers kept their grubby little protruberences off them! :) [Falls into nostalgiac reverie for DOS 3.0 and the magic of Batch Files]
------------------------------------ "I want you to imagine I have a blaster in my hand" - Zaphod Beeblebrox. "You DO have a blaster in your hand" - Freighter Pilot "Yeah, so you don't have to tax your imagination too hard" - Zaphod Beeblebrox
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I prefer Directory. But then Hey I prefer the old User Hostile Computers of the Late 70's Early 80's... DOS was wonderful, a blank screen and a c:\ Prompt. It meant people who knew nothing about computers kept their grubby little protruberences off them! :) [Falls into nostalgiac reverie for DOS 3.0 and the magic of Batch Files]
------------------------------------ "I want you to imagine I have a blaster in my hand" - Zaphod Beeblebrox. "You DO have a blaster in your hand" - Freighter Pilot "Yeah, so you don't have to tax your imagination too hard" - Zaphod Beeblebrox
Nice to see that some of the dinosaurs like me are still around :rolleyes: Back then I knew the purpose of each file on my 20MB hard drive. I also spent hours to free the last bytes of conventional DOS memory by using EMM386 or Quarterdeck QEMM.
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Nice to see that some of the dinosaurs like me are still around :rolleyes: Back then I knew the purpose of each file on my 20MB hard drive. I also spent hours to free the last bytes of conventional DOS memory by using EMM386 or Quarterdeck QEMM.
I had an IBM XT with a 20M HD...I thought I was God. All that memory! Still had to trawl through and clean out the old rubbish from time to time as it was easily filled. Mainly used for accounts and a product database. Mind you was a hardy soul, solidly built, not like the cheap light stuff of today. :)
------------------------------------ "I want you to imagine I have a blaster in my hand" - Zaphod Beeblebrox. "You DO have a blaster in your hand" - Freighter Pilot "Yeah, so you don't have to tax your imagination too hard" - Zaphod Beeblebrox
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I prefer Directory. But then Hey I prefer the old User Hostile Computers of the Late 70's Early 80's... DOS was wonderful, a blank screen and a c:\ Prompt. It meant people who knew nothing about computers kept their grubby little protruberences off them! :) [Falls into nostalgiac reverie for DOS 3.0 and the magic of Batch Files]
------------------------------------ "I want you to imagine I have a blaster in my hand" - Zaphod Beeblebrox. "You DO have a blaster in your hand" - Freighter Pilot "Yeah, so you don't have to tax your imagination too hard" - Zaphod Beeblebrox
When VB1 came out, I also scorned the GUI, event based softie coder's tool.
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
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Phannon wrote:
There is also "FolderBrowserDialog" under the Windows.Forms namespace. Guess even they can't decide!
I see the folder as the visual representation of a directory. It seems entirely consistent to me that the filesystem might play with directories while the user plays with folders. It also means that the user can play with a folder called "My documents" without needing to know that the directory it refers to is x:\luser_space\pointless_data\
I like! :rose:
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
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What is the more appropriate term for describing a file containing location on disk?
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
If you wanted to create one of those puppies, you would call ... wait for it ...
CreateDirectory().Best wishes, Hans
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Nice to see that some of the dinosaurs like me are still around :rolleyes: Back then I knew the purpose of each file on my 20MB hard drive. I also spent hours to free the last bytes of conventional DOS memory by using EMM386 or Quarterdeck QEMM.
Michael Schubert wrote:
I also spent hours to free the last bytes of conventional DOS memory by using EMM386 or Quarterdeck QEMM.
Ahh the good old days. I was considered a god by the local natives for my ability to squeeze out the last possible byte of memory.
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What is the more appropriate term for describing a file containing location on disk?
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
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A 'map'? oops, sorry, that's just for the dutch...
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It make sense, and it also makes 'directory' make more sense. When you look at a road map, you see a line representing a road, just as a folder represents a directory, but you don't talk of 'lines' on a road map, you talk of 'roads'.
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
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What is the more appropriate term for describing a file containing location on disk?
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
'Folder' when there's UI around, 'Directory' otherwise? ;P I tend to use directory, but move to folder when there are users around
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What is the more appropriate term for describing a file containing location on disk?
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
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I prefer Directory. But then Hey I prefer the old User Hostile Computers of the Late 70's Early 80's... DOS was wonderful, a blank screen and a c:\ Prompt. It meant people who knew nothing about computers kept their grubby little protruberences off them! :) [Falls into nostalgiac reverie for DOS 3.0 and the magic of Batch Files]
------------------------------------ "I want you to imagine I have a blaster in my hand" - Zaphod Beeblebrox. "You DO have a blaster in your hand" - Freighter Pilot "Yeah, so you don't have to tax your imagination too hard" - Zaphod Beeblebrox
Dalek Dave wrote:
[Falls into nostalgiac reverie for DOS 3.0 and the magic of Batch Files]
Ahh, the good ol' days.
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What is the more appropriate term for describing a file containing location on disk?
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
The concept "folder" is implemented as a directory. A folder conceals, a directory reveals. In any of several GUIs, a directory is visually represented by a "folder" icon. But that is just a visual representation. Likewise, the icon on a restroom door may not match the contents.
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The concept "folder" is implemented as a directory. A folder conceals, a directory reveals. In any of several GUIs, a directory is visually represented by a "folder" icon. But that is just a visual representation. Likewise, the icon on a restroom door may not match the contents.
Thank you for one of the mots informative, yet at the same time, least decisive replies. :)
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
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Thank you for one of the mots informative, yet at the same time, least decisive replies. :)
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
(It's a directory.)
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Nice to see that some of the dinosaurs like me are still around :rolleyes: Back then I knew the purpose of each file on my 20MB hard drive. I also spent hours to free the last bytes of conventional DOS memory by using EMM386 or Quarterdeck QEMM.
when Microhooever tries to make the computerphobes feel at /home ;P Yes, there's a few of old pharts still kicking; before my Apple ][ days, I remember when we replaced our IBM 026 keypunches with 029s, and I'm the only guy born after 1945 I've ever met who's put an IBM 704 through its paces... Of course, that and $10 will buy you a newspaper these days... remember those things?
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