Re: [RP] The `link' command, ported to current CVS

[Doug Kearns]

On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 10:28:30PM -0700, Jonathan Walther wrote:
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> Why don't we just use bind?  What does link save us?
> This "link" command just seems like masturbation to me.
 
IIRC, Gergely thinks it is really designed for interactive use. 

Personally, I just fire up my editor, edit .ratpoisonrc, and then
'restart' when experimenting with bindings. 

Without a fully fledged line editor, not something I think is needed,
the bar is a bit too painful to use for long command lines.

> On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Doug Kearns wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 05:23:06AM +0200, Gergely Nagy wrote:
> > > > > Ah! Yes, silly me. The second line should have read:
> > > > > bind C-o link o
> > > >
> > > > Why not just:
> > > >
> > > > link C-o o
> > > >
> > > > That seems much more natural to me, and what I tried before you
> > > > corrected the syntax.
> > >
> > > That would act like bind, duplicating some of it's code, that's why I
> > > thought that bind C-o link o is better. IMHO, it is quite
> > > straightforward too, for we have only one command which binds stuff to
> > > keys, and it binds only commands.
> >
> > I can see that, it's just that I don't really think it's name reflects
> > what it does - it doesn't actually link anything.

Regards,
Doug