Hi! I would prefer an "--ath-" prefix for the option names addressing the ATH. The abbreviation atoq doesn't tell me anything, thaa doesn't sound better to me too. Just my 2 cents about it.
Am Montag, 22. Oktober 2001 16:38 schrieben Sie: > Gabriel Bouvigne wrote: > > > Using an "--atoq-*" prefix for all options associated with > > > the adaptive auto-leveling unifies these switches while clearly > > > distinguishing them from other options such as "--athlower" or > > > "--athtype" that tune the absolute level of the ATH. > > > > And what about an eth prefix? I know some will argue that it's not a very > > scientific term, but the notion we introduced really looks like an > > effective threshold of hearing. > > I'm not sure if "effective" offers much description, as more > than the adaptive adjustment routines change the effective level > of the ATH. However, "atoq" could mean the same as "ath", so a > different prefix seems reasonable. Just pulling up the source, > suggests something like "aaath", but we can just drop the letter > for "absolute", and tag the letter(s) representing "adaptive / > auto-leveling / auto-adjusting / adaptive adjusting" to the end to > get "tha" or "thaa". Since the original comment in "encoder.c" > refers to "auto-adjust", the prefix "thaa" seems to fit well. > (Also, the anagram of "tha" may be confused with "ath" by those > with dyslectic tendencies.) > > > > the "--adapt-thres-*" switches. The option "--ath-adjust" has > > > been around longer, so I will await approval from interested > > > developers before so boldly changing the name on that. =) > > > > Change the name if you want (although I'd prefer --eth-xxx). As it's > > considered to be experimental switches, it's not part of the doc, and so > > (theorically) end users should not be used to it. > > Okay, unless I receive further comments, I will go ahead and > change the prefix, but I will use a "--thaa-" prefix (which drops > the wording argument of "effective" versus "absolute", and focuses > on pointing out the automatic adjustment). > > Thanks for the feedback. > > Kind regards, > > - John Ciao Robert _______________________________________________ mp3encoder mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder
