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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [GNU-arch-dev] [BUG] Rethinking add, delete and
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Dimitrie O. Paun |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [GNU-arch-dev] [BUG] Rethinking add, delete and move commands |
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Mon, 7 Feb 2005 23:50:31 -0500 |
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On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 11:09:52AM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> The presence of "move" and "delete" clearly causes confusion for
> beginners, as they think that "mv" and "move" are synonyms (and "rm"
> and "delete"); given that people generally want to use "mv" and "rm"
> anyway, it seems quite silly to confuse them this way.
Of course they get confused, in fact one would _expect_ the confusion.
Aliases are more then expected in this context, and having "mv" and
"move" mean different things violates every conceivable design principle.
Delaying the rename just makes a bad problem worse. Let's just name
them properly, and the advanced users will know what to do. The vast
majority of users will be grateful.
--
Dimi.
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- [Gnu-arch-users] [BUG] Rethinking add, delete and move commands, Mikhael Goikhman, 2005/02/07
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [GNU-arch-dev] [BUG] Rethinking add, delete and move commands, Tom Lord, 2005/02/07
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [GNU-arch-dev] [BUG] Rethinking add, delete and move commands, Miles Bader, 2005/02/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [GNU-arch-dev] [BUG] Rethinking add, delete and move commands,
Dimitrie O. Paun <=
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [GNU-arch-dev] [BUG] Rethinking add, delete and move commands., Gustavo Córdova Avila, 2005/02/08
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [GNU-arch-dev] [BUG] Rethinking add, delete and move commands, Tom Lord, 2005/02/08
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