Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] gr_modtool change - remove command aliases?

[Martin Braun]

Seems like no one minds? In that case, we'll just take your suggestions!

Cheers,
M

On 06/30/2016 05:06 PM, P wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> there is now pending patch for gr_modtool wich among other thinks
> removes command aliases for this tool.
> 
> The removal have 2 reasons. The new argument parsing system does not
> support aliases without penalty. The second is I does not like them. By
> my opinion command aliases are mostly confusing, make thinks harder to
> remember and are unnecessary. gr_modtool is not used so often to be
> worth of saving few letters of typing in exchange for extra complexity.
> 
> If I'm badly wrong, pleas let my now, but for now assume aliases are not
> necessary.
> 
> The remaining question is which names to keep and which remove. What
> would you prefer?
> 
> Other suggestion to improve this are also welcome.
> 
> Curent state:
> 
> help    | h       | ?
> info    | getinfo | inf
> makexml | mx
> newmod  | nm      | create
> rename  | mv
> remove  | rm      | del
> disable | dis
> add     | insert
> 
> Proposal:
>   help
>   disable               Disable selected block in module.
>   info                  Return informations about module.
>   makexml               Generate XML files for GRC block bindings.
>   rename                Rename block inside module.
>   remove                Remove block from module.
>   add                   Add new block into module.
>   newmod                Create new empty module, use add to add blocks.
> 
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