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Cold_Canuck
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From: State of Disrepair
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 08-31-2000 16:57

For years, Doc used the file extension .htm when writing web pages.
This seems to have been stopped lately, but I was wondering why the 16 bit extension had been used for such a long time.

la'dsasha
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posted posted 08-31-2000 17:15

traditionally, on a windows server, youre supposed to use .htm: a 3 letter extension. guess it goes back to the win3.x series or something or other. in unix, you can use any length extension you want. i use .html files just fine on my win servers.

frontpage default file extension is .htm, and im sure there are several others that are as well.

why doc changed? i dunno :-)

Cold_Canuck
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

From: State of Disrepair
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 08-31-2000 17:33

Thanks for the reply.

twItch^
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: the west wing
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 08-31-2000 19:07

he probably changed for the same reason I did; I got terribly tired of erasing L's from the end of all the files I wrote because I referenced them as .htm files. galdarned notepad...(razzrafrrazrazaraza)

Slime
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: Massachusetts, USA
Insane since: Mar 2000

posted posted 08-31-2000 19:57

I've been using .htm recently myself... I like it better, I don't know why.

twItch^
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: the west wing
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 08-31-2000 21:17

it's because you are not as highly evolved as us, the htmlers (pronounced Hay-timel-er). You are but a mere htmer (pronounced Hay-timer).

(sigh) stupid voices.

bitdamaged
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From: 100101010011 <-- right about here
Insane since: Mar 2000

posted posted 08-31-2000 23:12

I used to use htm exclusively but have since switched to the html. dunno why.

Doesn't really matter anymore though the way your server is set up can be important (some will not default to index.htm) but that is a minor issue.

I think la'dsasha has it right the original spec was for it to be .html since the web was built on UNIX platforms but for PC compatibility reasons it got shortened to .htm


Walking the Earth like Kane

Cold_Canuck
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

From: State of Disrepair
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 09-01-2000 00:05

I think it may have as much to do with 16 bit or 32 bit operating systems.
Win9x is a 32 bit environment and as such can/does use four letter file extensions (long file name), whereas 16 bit win 3.1 used to be restricted to the 8.3 DOS file system (eight characters for the file name and a three character extension).

I was just curious if Doc had been using some usual html editor at the time.

Cheers,

C.C.

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