I create many notes in plain text files, but after a while the .txt suffix I put at the end of them seems to be unnecessary typing and visual noise. Is appending .txt to plain text files a strongly encouraged convention or just a suggestion?
The .txt filename extension serves a purpose on Windows, where the filename extension helps determine which programs are associated with that file - which one is used to open, edit or perform other types of action on it.
On Unix/GNU-Linux, the system works out the type of a file without referring to the filename extension. It does have some uses in Makefiles. [update:] As grawity noted in a comment below, the filename extension is used by Linux file-managers (I assume this means GUI apps like nautilus and character apps like mc).
However I find it a useful convention to adhere to anyway.
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