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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] UI change proposal: *-tag -> *->id
From: |
Tom Lord |
Subject: |
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] UI change proposal: *-tag -> *->id |
Date: |
Fri, 19 Sep 2003 13:11:53 -0700 (PDT) |
> From: Miles Bader <address@hidden>
> inv-tag -> id
> add-tag -> add-id (and maybe deprecate in favor of `add')
> delete-tag -> delete-id ( " `delete')
> move-tag -> move-id ( " `move)
>
> tagging-method -> id-tagging-method
> tagging-defaults -> id-tagging-defaults
> (with these latter two, the idea is that the term `tagging' means
> the process of associating ids with files; you still need some
> gerund here, and adding the term `id' makes the connection with
> the other id commands obvious)
>
> Another possibility for the first four commands is to use the term
> `file-id' instead of `id' in these commands to make it clear what the id
> is associated with (since id is somewhat generic word):
>
> inv-tag -> file-id
> add-tag -> add-file-id (and maybe deprecate in favor of `add')
> delete-tag -> delete-file-id ( " `delete')
> move-tag -> move-file-id ( " `move)
>
> A bit more verbose, but maybe it doesn't matter if the last three
> commands are deprecated anyway.
>
> Opinions?
I'm half-way through revising the manual.
I'm considering declaring that, once I finish, pervasive changes such
as that should be accompanied by updates to the manual.
-t
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: UI change proposal: *-tag -> *->id, (continued)
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: UI change proposal: *-tag -> *->id, Miles Bader, 2003/09/21
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: UI change proposal: *-tag -> *->id, Robert Anderson, 2003/09/19
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: UI change proposal: *-tag -> *->id, Zack Brown, 2003/09/19
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: UI change proposal: *-tag -> *->id, Bruce Stephens, 2003/09/19
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: UI change proposal: *-tag -> *->id, Robert Anderson, 2003/09/19
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: UI change proposal: *-tag -> *->id, Stig Brautaset, 2003/09/19
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: UI change proposal: *-tag -> *->id, Robert Anderson, 2003/09/19
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: UI change proposal: *-tag -> *->id, Tom Lord, 2003/09/19
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: UI change proposal: *-tag -> *->id, Miles Bader, 2003/09/19
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: UI change proposal: *-tag -> *->id, Dustin Sallings, 2003/09/19
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] UI change proposal: *-tag -> *->id,
Tom Lord <=
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] UI change proposal: logs vs. log-ls, Pau Aliagas, 2003/09/19
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: UI change proposal: logs vs. log-ls, Miles Bader, 2003/09/19
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: UI change proposal: logs vs. log-ls, Pau Aliagas, 2003/09/19
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: UI change proposal: logs vs. log-ls, Miles Bader, 2003/09/19
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: UI change proposal: logs vs. log-ls, Pau Aliagas, 2003/09/19
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: UI change proposal: logs vs. log-ls, Miles Bader, 2003/09/19
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: UI change proposal: logs vs. log-ls, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/09/19