[Martinus]

I know this may seem a little frivolous to some but I've noticed that readme files that come with some mods, ships and other misc stuff are not in a standard filetype.

Basic .txt (e.g. notepad) files are ideal unless there are embedded pics, then html or .rtf (rich text) is suitable. Not everyone has a copy of word 2000, some people won't even be able to read previous versions of word files so it's common sense to make your readmes in a format that anyone can read.
I know there are various viewers available for word documents but it's a pain having to DL one just to read a single readme.

If anyone has any more bright ideas or thinks mine's dumb, speak up, it won't hurt to make things easier.

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[Pez]

Can't you open Word documents (.doc) in wordpad? That works fine with me. But I agree, the best format for a readme file is .txt.

Pez

[Martinus]

Yes but only those written in wordpad (the extension is the same) or winword95 as far as I remember, anything else turns out garbled.

[This message has been edited by Maeglamor (edited 05-20-2001).]

[Darkage]

I have the dutch version of windows98 so i wordpad can't read .doc files that where written in the english version of it.There for i needed to istall MSWord97 but not every one have that kind of programs.Maby kazan or some other programers out here can make something like a universal wordpad like program so everyone can read them,even if the windows versions are completely different,and they must also include a utilitie in the program so if there are screen shots included in the readme file.I think that everyone would benefit from it

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[Martinus]

HTML would be best for embedded pics. But txt still rules  

[Sushi]

You're right, .txt is ideal.

1. Anyone can read it
2. Extremely small file size
3. standard convention

Good enough for me.  



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[Jabu]

And you REALLY don't need pics for a basic readme.

readme2.html, if you want to see some pics  

[CobaltStarr]

Yeah just .txt or .html files would be ideal...   (that way there's no way for any potentially nasty viruses to get passed around...  )