--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alex Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In either case, attaching parameters isn't as simple as tacking the > parameter string onto the end. > > What if I were to adopt Luciano's approach, where each alias is > defined on one line of a file, and the command, parameters and > working directory are all delimited by something like three pound > signs?
I'm rather against this "all to memory" approach since it may be such a huge waste of memory. I know memory sticks are cheap these days, but that is not the point: "waste is waste". How many programs (:aliases) among all the aliases you defined do you really use often? Moreover, I myself usually kept them open along the session anyway. Well, I admit it very depends on the personal usage so shouldn't be generalized by my own experience. Anyway, the true beauty of the "map & vec" version is that you don't have to take the "all or nothing" approach. It can incorporate perfectly the heterogeneous data structures. For example, use ".@" format for the complicated aliases and not-often-used aliases whereas store directly in memory for those often-used and simple aliases. IMHO, the "parameters" shouldn't be a real problem, if you introduce some "leading" or "trailing" marker which distinguishes whether the "parameters" are for ".@"-format or for "direct memory"-format. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/JV_rlB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/power-pro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
