Tuomo Valkonen wrote:
So what? That doesn't change that unix-like commands are an excellent
choice. 'darcs mo' is very unintuitive, and 'darcs move' is much longer
than 'darcs mv'.
Much longer? A whopping _2_ characters!
I touch type and my fingers type what I think virutally automatically.
It could be 10 characters longer not make that much difference to me.
What does make a difference is that I consistently type 'move' when it
should be mv. If _all_ the commands were 2 characters then it would be
fine as users would think that way. Although, most new users would find
the interface hostile, and loads of comments on how hard darcs is to
work with would ensue.
I'm one of the old 'unix' guys in my group and the 2 character command
line commands are consistently what trip up the users new to *nix.
If you want all your commands in 2 characters like *nix then use the
'alias' command and make you own. Thats what its for. Consistency is a
key item in user understanding and usability.
--
Richard A. Smith
Bitworks, Inc
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