On Saturday 13 May 2006 10:04, Matthew Toseland wrote:
> exit?

I would like that much better.

Thanks
Ed

> On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 05:55:09PM -0500, David Sowder (Zothar) wrote:
> > Ed Tomlinson wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >Quite frankly to have an application stopped by the same  command that 
> > >stops your OS
> > >is dangerious.  Over the years I have been bitten by this sort of buglet a 
> > >few times...
> > >  
> > Mind you, I've only checked MS Windows XP, Mac OS X and Debian Linux 
> > (many share the same program though I believe), I haven't found a common 
> > OS that shuts down by issuing a "shutdown" command with no arguments.  
> > Perhaps you could fill me in?  What would you suggest instead of 
> > "shutdown" considering that it's the most obvious and "quit" is the most 
> > common for what it does?
> > >On Friday 12 May 2006 09:18, David Sowder (Zothar) wrote:
> > >  
> > >>Ed Tomlinson wrote:
> > >>    
> > >>>HI
> > >>>
> > >>>Please revert this.
> > >>>
> > >>>its OK that quit exits in TCMI.  Its not a problem.  Its a good thing.
> > >>>
> > >>>This fix just confuses things.
> > >>>
> > >>>Its not a good idea.
> > >>>  
> > >>>      
> > >>And I would argue the opposite.  QUIT should not mean different things 
> > >>in different contexts if we can easily help it.  Different meanings 
> > >>leads to use out of habit giving you a result you didn't expect, in this 
> > >>case it would be node shutdown.  Imagine using the socket interface a 
> > >>lot and then using the direct console for some reason, typing QUIT and 
> > >>going to lunch; your node would be shutdown unintentionally until you 
> > >>noticed at some point.   Obviously, this is up for discussion in the 
> > >>group, but I'm unclear how this change confuses anything.
> > >>
> > >>Admittedly, QUIT used to be the command to shutdown in either 
> > >>environment, but that was changed a couple of weeks ago and I believe 
> > >>the current arrangement is much more logical and consistent with other 
> > >>applications.
> > >>    
> > >>>On Thursday 11 May 2006 22:43, zothar at freenetproject.org wrote:
> > >>>  
> > >>>      
> > >>>>Author: zothar
> > >>>>Date: 2006-05-12 02:43:18 +0000 (Fri, 12 May 2006)
> > >>>>New Revision: 8672
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Modified:
> > >>>>   trunk/freenet/src/freenet/node/Node.java
> > >>>>   trunk/freenet/src/freenet/node/TextModeClientInterface.java
> > >>>>Log:
> > >>>>This should make a few interface elements more consistent: 'QUIT' just 
> > >>>>plain isn't a command in direct TMCI console mode rather than having a 
> > >>>>different meaning there than on a network socket, display the running 
> > >>>>node's build number and SVN revision number consistently everywhere 
> > >>>>(and now also in the logs on start up).
> > >>>>        
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