Date   : Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:33:21 +0100
From   : pete@... (Pete Turnbull)
Subject: Spitting expletives

On 26/07/2010 19:22, J.G.Harston wrote:
> Rick Murray wrote:
>>> ".bbc" - Russell format
>>> ".bas" - Text
>>> "."    - Acorn format
>> No, very *BAD* to use *.bas - double click on those, I'll have the fun
>> of watching Visual Basic trying to load a tokenised BASIC code. :-)
> 
> .bas is the standard extension for textual representation of BASIC (*any*
> BASIC) code. If some application decide to stupidly associate themselves
> with it and try to execute it, that's their stupid fault.

I'm with Jonathan.  .bas is the accepted extension for all sorts of 
BASIC files, and using something else is only going to cause confusion 
elsewhere.  Double-clicking is supposed to "run" a file or cause it to 
be executed; if the only BASIC interpreter you have is the VB executable 
and it tries to load the file you double-clicked, well that's because 
the doubler-clicker was daft enough to do an inappropriate thing  :-)

The appropriate thing, if you want to edit a file, would be to 
right-click and select "open with" -- assuming we're talking about a 
Windows OS.  Or use whatever weird combination of key and mouse performs 
"open" rather than "run".  Or you could right-click, select "browse", 
find your favourite editor, and set that as the permanent opener for 
.bas files.

Of course the really appropriate thing is not to use Windows, as I've 
just been reminded.  The first time I sent this reply, my PC contrived 
to send it to a different mailing list (where it started a whole 
separate thread).

-- 
Pete                                           Peter Turnbull
                                               Network Manager
                                               University of York