On Mon, 4 Nov 2013 11:26:32 +0100 yac <y...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Mon, 4 Nov 2013 09:51:32 +0000 (UTC) > Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > > > FWIW, I have a whole set of short, often 2-4 letter aliases/scripts > > that take care of the various options > > Sooo, basicly you have defined buttload of aliases, somehow managed to > remember these nonsensical names and actually did not save any > keystrokes, because most linux users heard of tab completion and use > it succesfuly to complete commands and their arguments. Cool story > bro.
Cool story guys.
Just like how MSOffice 2007 had tons of shortcuts to remember whereas
they got rid of that in MSOffice 2010 by intuitive context relevant
shortcuts; yet, people had memorized the shortcuts and are much quicker
than having to learn all the positions in the new intuitive Ribbon bar.
I didn't learn those shortcuts; so, I am quick with the Ribbon bar...
Or why do
ebuild name-1.ebuild clean manifest unpack
ebuild name-2.ebuild clean manifest unpack
diff -urN /var/tmp/portage/name-{1,2}/workdir/*
# ^ Actually, you would need to source S="..." twice.
which requires a ton of tabs when I can just do `ediff 1 2`? I can
memorize it, but perhaps others need more short commands and can't.
You'll find out that people end up using both approaches; so, please
let's not get into detailed opinions, it is just a matter of choice.
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