Underscore requires pressing Shift, however.
reply> I don't like the idea of a punctuation prefix as punctuation usually has a specific meaning somewhere and including it as the first character in a filename looks wrong.
So you don’t use dotfiles? ;)
Well dotfiles demonstrate that punctuation can have a special meaning in filenames.
replyI'm not convinced by "quicker to type" arguments as that's rarely the bottleneck, so I'm perfectly happy with using underscores in filenames and variables. I wouldn't use underscore as the beginning character of a filename unless it had a specific meaning to me (e.g. temporary files), so I'd be more inclined to use a two or three character prefix instead.
For me it’s not about quickness, but about strain. Like in RSI.
replyI use my_ as a prefix.
replyI used to use "do" as a prefix e.g. "doBackup"
replyNowadays, I tend to skip using a personal prefix and just try to name commands with a suitable verb in front (e.g. "backupMySQL") and ensure that there's no name collisions.
Whenever I see "my" as a prefix, it feels like such a childish "my first Sony" thing.
I hate official sites using that.
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