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using Paperfolders extensively ,,, having txt extension makes it not easily searchable/distinguishable .

thus hopping XY could resolve .pf files as paperfolder

I also use Paper folders a lot.
They are all inside of the tree C:\Tools\XYplorer\Data\Paper\
in my portable XY.
So there is no problem to identify them.

I'd develop this idea into "PaperFolders can be Not Only TXT" = any extension could work and XY retracts only lines that can be used for PF visualisation in List.

eil wrote: ↑24 Oct 2025 11:43 I'd develop this idea into "PaperFolders can be Not Only TXT" = any extension could work and XY retracts only lines that can be used for PF visualisation in List.

That sounds strange to me.
Paper folders are just links to any type of files or dirs.
Why should such links be merged into anything other than text files, regardless of their extension.

Horst wrote: ↑24 Oct 2025 18:58 That sounds strange to me.
Paper folders are just links to any type of files or dirs.
Why should such links be merged into anything other than text files, regardless of their extension.

Well, since you asked:
1. This would allow users to use any/no extension (while it's still may be a pure TXT by structure) providing a "dedicated extension" for user's customization;
2. PFs aren't merely "links to files or dirs" - say scripts can be directly inserted = so it's already "not That simple";
3. Any/No extension would require some "import" mechanism, that would peek "only PF recognized stuff", which would allow my long ago wish to have comments inside PFs.

But all in all it' up to Don, i just shared IMHO about initial wish.

TXT is good enough.

I could see a .pf or .paper extension being useful for assigning a custom file icon or association.

In the future, if we do end up getting unix support, I'm sure this will come up again, seeing as aside from dotfiles, extensions are mostly irrelevent; what matters is the content being interpretable.

In the meantime, maybe try using a .pf.txt extension for making them more distinguishable via an assigned CFI.

To me, extensions mainly serve as a marker for file format rather than file usage. It's an important message that paper folders files are simple TXT files.