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[bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --co
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Jim Meyering |
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[bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color |
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Mon, 2 Nov 2015 13:21:08 -0800 |
On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 11/02/2015 12:17 PM, Giuseppe Scrivano wrote:
>
>> Anyway, I would like an opinion about the new name before I send te full
>> series again. I avoided --colors as it is very similar to --color, but
>> I am not sure how --color-scheme sounds for a native speaker.
>
> --color-scheme sounds okay to a native, but has the issue that it cannot
> be abbreviated (--col would be short for --color, not --color-scheme).
> Can you come up with a name that does not share a common prefix? Maybe
> --palette?
Good point.
I too prefer --palette='...'
That does have the tiny downside that diff's rarely used
--paginate option will no longer be able to be abbreviated
as "--pa", but that is barely worth mentioning.
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Jim Meyering, 2015/11/02
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Giuseppe Scrivano, 2015/11/02
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Jim Meyering, 2015/11/02
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Giuseppe Scrivano, 2015/11/02
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Giuseppe Scrivano, 2015/11/03
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Eric Blake, 2015/11/03
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Jim Meyering, 2015/11/03
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Giuseppe Scrivano, 2015/11/16
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Jim Meyering, 2015/11/26
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Giuseppe Scrivano, 2015/11/27
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Jim Meyering, 2015/11/27
- [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color, Giuseppe Scrivano, 2015/11/28