On Tue, 2010-04-20 at 02:06 +0200, Michał Piotrowski wrote: > Hi, > > 2010/4/20 Slava Zanko <slavazanko@xxxxxxxxx>: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi folk, > > > > I want to propose new idea about names of command line utilites... > > > > For example, all present utilites have sence just for guru's (ls, rm, > > fsck etc), but for novies it's hard to use. Is good idea to symlink'ing > > (shell aliasing) these and much more utilz to another names? Like to: > > > > ls -> filesystem.list > > rm -> filesystem.remove > > fsck.* -> filesystem.check.* > > mkfs.* -> filesystem.make.* > > convert -> media.convert.image > > mencoder -> media.convert.video > > oggenc -> media.convert.audio.ogg > > mplayer -> media.player.* > > > > etc > > I really don't know why I like this idea... seems to be pretty cool. > > I wouldn't use it day to day shall use, but it could be IMHO useful in > shell scripts when: > - it will be implemented in all unix os'es > - it will standardize program parameters > > Let's imagine such situation - you need to write portable shell script > (I know "portable" and "shell script" is a bad joke ;)) across many > os'es: > - on OS A you need to use program foo with flag --bar > - on OS B you need to use program bas with --foo flag > > It could be standarised with > do.that.thing --most-popular-flag-that-do-the-trick > Woudn't work, everyone would want their own standard. Again. Also with these really long names, by the time you're finished typing a command (and fixing all the typos), you have forgotten why you wanted to do it. > > > > This idea will be easy to realize (need to make at first time one rpm > > package with lot of symlinks... and then long-time work in all present > > rpm-packages for respect this technology). But we need for > > standartization of alias names... in ideal case, standartization must > > touch all distros (new standard?) > > > > P.S. This not my idea. Originally from: > > http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linux.org.ru%2Fforum%2Ftalks%2F4797323&sl=ru&tl=en > > > > Thanks for attention. > > > > - -- > > WBR, Slavaz. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > > > iEYEARECAAYFAkvM3mYACgkQb3oGR6aVLppnNQCeNDVZS37Y3/J7nBrsXDMM32rN > > H48An1dWzW/TKGzcrIZ7pPZjaehEO9mm > > =iD/i > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > > devel mailing list > > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > > -- No amount of shouting at the round earth will make it flat. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
