File name extensions

[Marty Knapp]

Thanks Mark - that's kind of what I thought. The four character idea 
sounds good.

Marty Knapp
> Hi Marty,
>
> There are no official lists of file extensions. You are free to use 
> whatever you want. The creator type registration at Apple is a relic 
> from the past and you're free to ignore it, but I still think it is a 
> good thing to register your new creator types there and to adhere to it.
>
> I often use 4-character file extensions to reduce the probability that 
> the file extension is widely used by a different application already. 
> Whatever 3-char combination you choose, someone has probably already 
> used it.
>
> -- 
> Best regards,
>
> Mark Schonewille
>
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