good point! but, sadly, not all areas can use fully spelled out
directory names... this one, however, fits perfectly into the 8.3
format! ;) :)
Kinda like putting a European echo name into FastEcho. Their
tendency to insert a . between two words doesn't always work out
like it should.
it works fine for echotags... however, not all software creates area names based on the tags and not all software can handle long filenames...
FWIW: those dots in the area names have their origination in the usenet newsgroups formats... the dots were seen as directory separators so there was easy conversion... i do it here with my JAMbases but am still limited to 8.3 lengths for each of them...
eg:
alt.audio.pro X:\JAM\GRPS\ALT\AUDIO\PRO rec.audio.pro.live-sound X:\JAM\GRPS\REC\AUDIO\PRO\LIVE-SND rec.arts.movies.production.sound X:\JAM\GRPS\REC\ARTS\MOVIES\PRODUCTI.ON\SOUND
MSG areas can also easily use this style...
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