On Thu, 16 May 2013 09:41:58 -0400 Jacob Peck <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 5/16/2013 7:27 AM, Kent Tenney wrote: > > I thought of other prefixes, 'printing-' imposes a keystroke penalty, > > I would be ok with 'prn-' but I think that went away with dos > > 'lp' is another reference to a printer, but that goes way way back ... > Hah, yeah... though `lp` is still relatively familiar to those of us who > are unix sysadmins. > > As for prn-, I feel that shortcuts like that are icky when we have full > tab completion. I'd rather be verbose and explanatory than short and > cryptic. But printing- just feels wrong. So does printer-. I vote for using print-* for the new print commands (i.e. leaving them as they are), and changing the old print- commands to show-, list-, or even help-, depending on what Edward prefers - perhaps `show` is the most descriptively accurate. Cheers -Terry > Just my $0.02 (for the nth time!) > -->Jake > > > > On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 9:28 PM, gatesphere <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 5/15/2013 9:35 PM, Terry Brown wrote: > >>> On Wed, 15 May 2013 16:03:47 -0700 > >>> Matt Wilkie <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi Kent, > >>>> > >>>> I agree with the principle, that command completion is aided by good > >>>> quality names, but I don't understand why you think "print-xxx" as a > >>>> command to send something to a printer is not standard. Can you > >>>> elaborate? > >>> I think Kent meant the older commands > >>> > >>> print-all-uas > >>> print-bindings > >>> print-buttons > >>> print-commands > >>> print-focus > >>> print-node-uas > >>> print-plugin-handlers > >>> print-plugins-info > >>> print-settings > >>> > >>> would be better named list- or show-, so as no to intermingle with the > >>> new print-(to the printer) commands. > >>> > >>> Cheers -Terry > >> As a concession, I could rename all of my print- commands to printing- > >> (name > >> of the plugin) or printer- , but I generally agree that the older ones > >> would > >> make more sense now as list- or display-. I can definitely see why they > >> were > >> named print- previously, as print has a connotation among programmers to > >> mean "to the screen" rather than "to the printer". I'd rather not rename > >> my > >> print- commands, though... they're already pretty long, and just > >> descriptive > >> enough, I think. > >> > >> -->Jake > >> > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "leo-editor" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > >> email to [email protected]. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en-US. > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >> > >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
