Re: [Monotone-devel] mtn command, extension, and MIME type

[Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker]

In message <address@hidden> on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:05:23 -0800, Nathaniel Smith 
<address@hidden> said:

njs> On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 10:30:09AM -0700, Shaun Jackman wrote:
njs> > I am willing to bet that many folk on this list have created an alias
njs> > for the eight-lettered `monotone' command. I could see it being useful
njs> > for monotone to start shipping a short symlink to the `monotone'
njs> > command. I use `mt' myself, although this conflicts with the old
njs> > magnetic tape command. I saw someone else on this list using `mtn',
njs> > which, as far as I know, does not conflict with any other utility.
njs> 
njs> We could also just rename the executable, if that made people happier.
njs> There's nothing particularly sacred about the name, and it probably is
njs> a bit off-putting when all the competition is 3-letters-or-less.

Hmm, actually, I found it refreshing to have a command that was a
"real" name instead of the usual cryptic Unixly command...

Cheers,
Richard

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