Re: [Gnu-arch-users] User-defined "macro" commands

[Dustin Sallings]

On Dec 13, 2003, at 14:42, Mark Thomas wrote:

> On Sat, 13 Dec 2003, Dustin Sallings wrote:
>
> >         I just don't see the point in command aliases, especially with the
> > ability to add aliases locally.  IMO, it's best to have exactly one
> > command that performs any given task in the tla distribution.   If you
> > don't like the name of that command, you can alias it locally.
>
> I thought the command aliases were all old names that are being 
> maintained
> for a while to avoid breaking scripts.  Am I wrong?

	I don't know...I've got a few unattended arch installs that run stuff 
out of cron jobs, etc...  I think that if I upgraded arch on these 
systems, I'd want to test my scripts and fix whatever broke.  With this 
feature, that would mean either adding the command as a macro, or 
having my script use the appropriate command.

	Personally, for my completion, I filter out any aliases.  I've used 
commands in the past that ``disappeared'' as far as I'm concerned, and 
it's not that big of a deal to me.  I expect things to move around as 
stuff stabilizes.  I expect there to be more changes before everyone 
figures out everything that tla should do.

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