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SubjectRe: [RFC] File flags handling - proposal for API.
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> The problem is one of transparency.  If a "compound document" is
> implement as a directory it isn't possible to simply FTP it around &
> attach it to emails without either

I can't believe Im hearing this. If a tar file turns up I have an industry
standard POSIX specified proceedure for handling it across arbitary platforms.
If some random linux compound file turns up on a VMS box Im screwed.

> pretty inconvenient. I can pass a Word file around easily -- passing
> around our free-software documents ought to be just as convenient.

So use flat files like normal people.

Alan


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