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What special character do you use to have a file sorted at the top?
superboyac:
Depending on what I'm doing, I use an exclamation point (majority of the time) or a tilde. Some file managers don't sort the tilde to the top but (almost?) all sort the exclamation point to the top.
-skwire (July 28, 2011, 10:52 AM)
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+1. I use the !.
You can also do multiples: ! !! !!! etc. to provide "levels" of importance.
:)
-40hz (July 28, 2011, 01:14 PM)
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Ha! I kinda like that. I'm gonna steal it.
app103:
Depending on what I'm doing, I use an exclamation point (majority of the time) or a tilde. Some file managers don't sort the tilde to the top but (almost?) all sort the exclamation point to the top.
-skwire (July 28, 2011, 10:52 AM)
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+1. I use the !.
You can also do multiples: ! !! !!! etc. to provide "levels" of importance.
:)
-40hz (July 28, 2011, 01:14 PM)
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I have a folder from way back on my first computer called
!!~~My Downloads
;D
And I have a folder from my father from about 2000 that had half the contents of Tucows, sorted into subfolders, one for each app, each folder prefixed with a category number to sort apps by type. That drove me absolutely nuts.
I have even changed the icons on folders to make them stand out more.
But I recently spent a few weeks immersing myself in Ubuntu and decided not to name files & folders like that any more. It really makes the transition more difficult when things either don't sort like you are used to, or they just don't sort at all.
I have decided to rely more on Filebox Extender while in Windows, and just pin them to the favorites menu. That's a behavior change that does transfer well to Ubuntu.
kunkel321:
I've used apostrophes in the past
'MyFile
The "bar" character seems logical
|MyFile
since (I think) it takes up the least space of any of the character...
In reality I typically revert to plain old
1SuperImportant
2aSomeFile
2bAnother
I also would avoid anything that might get used as script parts.
! $ *
If you import stuff into Excel, it's good to avoid any math operators
- + = * /
I think Word uses the tilde to denote temporary backups of open docs
~tempMyFile
but I think it is legal to use in Word doc file names.
Actually, though I'm not a programmer, I think the bar might get used to denote lists
item one | item two | item three
Which is too bad... I think they're kindof pretty. :)
AndyM:
What do you all use to always have a file/folder sort to the bottom?
superboyac:
What do you all use to always have a file/folder sort to the bottom?
-AndyM (July 28, 2011, 05:23 PM)
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I've seen people use prefixes like "zzz_"
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