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Ralph P=F6llath <lists@poellath.org> writes:

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> But that leads me to another question: What's with the naming scheme?
> It sure doesn't make it easier to memorize which of the many
> documentation PDFs covers what - unless there is in fact a reason
> behind it, in which case I'd like to know :-)

A lot of TeX-philes still use 8-character name + 3-character extension
filenames.  I think it's for compatibility with DOS.

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