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Re: bug#13524: Improving user experience for non-recursive builds
From: |
Stefano Lattarini |
Subject: |
Re: bug#13524: Improving user experience for non-recursive builds |
Date: |
Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:43:36 +0100 |
On 02/04/2013 01:04 PM, Peter Rosin wrote:
> On 2013-02-04 12:33, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>> On 02/04/2013 10:35 AM, Peter Rosin wrote:
>>> Not sure what to do about it, or if it matters...
>>>
>> It does IMHO, since the failure you pointed out, albeit easy to
>> work around, wouldn't be very obvious to diagnose, from the point
>> of view of a non-particularly-expert user.
>>
>> What about doubling the curly braces? As in '{{RELDIR}}'.
>> Would that be tolerable? Other possibilities (none particularly
>> pleasant either, IMHO):
>>
>> {+RELDIR+}
>> {:RELDIR:}
>> {.RELDIR.}
>> {-RELDIR-}
>>
>> Other proposals?
>
> ':' is a shifted symbol on my keyboard, as is &, and {} are
> on a separate modifier (AltGr)
>
Same on my keyboard, actually. So ...
> making the old style (which I
> refuse to replicate here) a bitch to type (which is why I
> refuse). So, on the grounds of that, I'd vote against
> {:RELDIR:}.
>
... I agree with you (and should probably lart myself with
my own keyboard for not having thought of your rationale
myself).
> I {{think}} this one will be the easiest on us of all.
>
I tend to agree (but see Peter Johansson's proposal to use
{AM_RELDIR} instead; what do you think about it?)
Thanks,
Stefano
- [PATCH 1/6] preproc: add support for relative names in included fragments, (continued)
- [PATCH 1/6] preproc: add support for relative names in included fragments, Stefano Lattarini, 2013/02/03
- [PATCH 2/6] preproc: enhance and extend tests, Stefano Lattarini, 2013/02/03
- [PATCH 4/6] preproc: better (long) name for built-in '{...}' substitutions, Stefano Lattarini, 2013/02/03
- [PATCH 5/6] NEWS: improve wording about new {RELDIR} preproc support, Stefano Lattarini, 2013/02/03
- [PATCH 6/6] automake: fixups for read_am_file() and calling code, Stefano Lattarini, 2013/02/03
- [PATCH 3/6] preproc: prefer '{D}' over '&{D}&' (and similarly for other substs), Stefano Lattarini, 2013/02/03
- Re: bug#13524: Improving user experience for non-recursive builds, Peter Rosin, 2013/02/03
- Re: bug#13524: Improving user experience for non-recursive builds, Peter Rosin, 2013/02/04
- Re: bug#13524: Improving user experience for non-recursive builds, Stefano Lattarini, 2013/02/04
- Re: bug#13524: Improving user experience for non-recursive builds, Peter Rosin, 2013/02/04
- Re: bug#13524: Improving user experience for non-recursive builds,
Stefano Lattarini <=
- Re: bug#13524: Improving user experience for non-recursive builds, Peter Rosin, 2013/02/04
- Re: bug#13524: Improving user experience for non-recursive builds, Stefano Lattarini, 2013/02/04
- Re: bug#13524: Improving user experience for non-recursive builds, Eric Blake, 2013/02/04
- Re: bug#13524: Improving user experience for non-recursive builds, Stefano Lattarini, 2013/02/04
- Re: bug#13524: Improving user experience for non-recursive builds, Peter Rosin, 2013/02/04
- Re: bug#13524: Improving user experience for non-recursive builds, Miles Bader, 2013/02/04
- Re: bug#13524: Improving user experience for non-recursive builds, Stefano Lattarini, 2013/02/07
- Re: bug#13524: Improving user experience for non-recursive builds, Miles Bader, 2013/02/07
- Re: bug#13524: Improving user experience for non-recursive builds, Stefano Lattarini, 2013/02/07
- Re: bug#13524: Improving user experience for non-recursive builds, Miles Bader, 2013/02/07