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Subject:Re: File names in text From:"Sevigny, Josee" <joseey -at- M3ISYSTEMS -dot- QC -dot- CA> Date:Thu, 23 Mar 1995 10:19:54 -0500
>> > BUT--this stuff is all done in ASCII, so I can't use font changes to
>> distinguish anything.
>> I'd use all uppercase without quotes. BTW, have a look at DOS help, all the
>> commands and filenames are in uppercase.
>>
>I stopped using uppercase for file names long ago. Too many
>case-sensitive command lines and GUIs anymore! But I can't
>say I'd like to see the single-quotes either. Check that
>"have to do something" feeling again.
You're right except that that was ASCII. Of course, I don't use this in any
other kind of docs (I then use Courrier or some other font that looks like
what's on screen).
