I prefer the shorter names xcnc, cncrsh, tkcnc whenever possible.

Thanks
John

On 1/20/2012 12:54 PM, Jeff Epler wrote:
>
>
> Right now in the v2.5_branch of development, we have
>      linuxcnc    [the main program]
>      xlinuxcnc   [the Xaw-based GUI]
>      linuxcncrsh [the program we're talking about now]
>      tklinuxcnc  [the Tk-based GUI]
>
> unix command names are generally lowercase, so it's 'linuxcnc' rather than
> 'LinuxCNC' there.
>
> If we were to shorten them up, maybe it should be "cnc" in command names
> (xcnc, cncrsh, tkcnc).
>
> "lcnc" and "lnc" are both used as marketing names by other cnc control
> manufacturers; I'd be pretty reluctant to use these as command names in
> LinuxCNC.
>
> Jeff
>

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