Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Feb 2001 19:36:35 +0100 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: Reason (was: Re: dropcopyright script) |
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Mordechai Ovits wrote: > > > In newer file managers, the icon of a C file is a tiny image of the first > > > few lines of text. If all files startt with a copyright, it's not much > > > good. So running this on a local, personal, tree can be a good thing. > > > > Modifying the file manager to take care of that would > > be a proper solution I think... > > hard to imagine that working for any general solution. Better to let people > mess with their own files using a script like the one posted.
According to GNU standards <;-)> all files should begin with a short description of the contents of the file, 1 or 2 lines long. The copyright notice comes next. Surely that's enough to identify an icon?
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