Re: Feature request: set extension for =( ) created file

[Lawrence Velázquez <larryv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On Sep 24, 2016, at 3:30 PM, Sebastian Gniazdowski <sgniazdowski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> What vim does is a fancy ignorable thing for some, what other program
> might do might not be. Extensions are vital parts of file names.

Not really. Any competently written program that cares about the
structure of its input has some other way of validating said structure,
like actually parsing it or checking for a file signature / header
/ magic number. Programs that process stdin already have to do this.

> Extension-aware =( ) would be a masterpiece feature for Zsh, though,
> IMO.

Unless it were implemented using libmagic or something, I would consider
it a massive waste of time and effort.

vq