XPost: alt.os.linux, comp.sys.amiga.advocacy   
   From: kaos@ecn.ab.ca   
      
   On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 20:10:44 -0500, Lew Pitcher   
    wrote:   
      
   >Roy Cohnhead wrote:   
   >>>For instance, what should the "default action" be for a file that ends   
   >>>with .C (as in Something.C)? Should it be to open it in a text editor?   
   >>>Or should it be to compile it into a .O file using a C compiler? For   
   >>>that matter, should it be to open it in your favourite archiving   
   >>>program (because the first archive is .A, the second is .B, and the   
   >>>third is .C)?   
   >>   
   >> Here's a thought: Why not let the user decide what the default action   
   >> should be?   
   >   
   >Where in my comment did you see me advocate that anyone /but/ the user   
   >should decide the default action? Where did you see me advocate that   
   >there should /be/ a _default_ action?   
      
   By asking "what should the 'default action' be..." you imply that   
   default actions are a given.   
      
   Now, perhaps that default action is to ask the user what he wants to   
   do with said file...   
      
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