On 7/17/06, Thomas Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 03:47:13PM +0100, seventh guardian wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I have a question. Is the flag vs. !flag syntax the prefered one? I
> ask this because even though some styles only have the !(stylename)
> counterpart, some are still documented as (stylename)Off. So if the
> flag negation is prefered to the (stylename) vs. (stylename)Off, or
> the other way round, then it should be explicit in the man page. This
> is the only way we can avoid compatibility confusion in a future
> version.
>
> My opinion is that the flag vs. !flag style is simpler to parse, and
> it should be prefered. the (stylename)Off code should be maintained
> for compatibility's sake, but marked as deprecated.
>
> Comments? Renato
Yes -- I thought 2.5.X was having the !Foo syntax as the preferred one,
removing any old Foo versus NoFoo options. Of course, it's currently on
FVWM 2.4.X which still exhibits this.
Yes, but then the 2.5 manual should be updated. I'll start doing that..
Renato
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