RE: [Monotone-devel] Re: .mt-attrs formatting

[Nathaniel Smith]

>===== Original Message From Jon Bright <address@hidden> =====
>Hi,
>
>Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote:
>
>> I've seen leading spaces in file names, obviously with the purpose to
>> make sure they end up first in the "normal" file listing in the
>> Windows explorer...
>
>That's interesting, because I just tried with Windows Explorer here
>(WinXP) and I can't add leading spaces to either a directory or file
>name.  I'm not denying it's possible (probably by opening a command
>window and manually doing 'ren'...), but if Explorer won't do it (it
>just removes any leading spaces I add), it seems like this can't be that
>common a case.

I've also seen this done, and I sort of doubt the people I saw doing it were 
using a command window.  Windows is not a world where you can count on 
consistent behavior from one version to the next...

-- Nathaniel