On 31/05/2011 13:09, Alessandro Novarini wrote: > Hi, > > My 2 cents: > I don't know whether the metaphor of the file system was used on purpose or > came "by chance";
Neither do I. > if you want to stick with it, I think that > #1 Are the concepts of domains and "directory" related? if so, and if you > want to collapse the commands, how would you specify your intentions? Would > you add some parameter to the commands? Given that 'directories' are an abstraction anyway, I'm not sure why we'd separate them. > So, for example, how would you change to the domain 'foo' when in your > current directory there's also a directory named 'foo'? It's a tree, so we'd have to allow duplicate names that are nested. We could use the '/' separator notation; if it prepends the path it means 'start at the beginning, ie select a domain' > #2 I agree that maybe you could add more information about what's happening, > but I have two use cases in mind that puzzles me: > > a) I'm in a directory deep in the structure, and I type > *cd ..* > > *then a llist is displayed; again, I type* > > *cd ..* > > *and again another list is displayed.* > > *Doing this more will fill your console with a lot of information you didn't > really need.* Yes, agreed. (It was a tentative suggestion, because I'm not sure it's right either, hence asking for comments.) What if we just display info on initial connection, to get people started? > b) > *cd foo* > > *a list of item is displayed* > > *do something* > *do something else* > *do something else* > *do something else* > (the list goes out of view) > > now how can I recall the list? I don't think you want to keep ls, do you? > > I hope my thoughts are clear and correct somehow. Perfectly, thanks for your input. p > Thanks > Ale > > On 31 May 2011 11:41, Pid <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Tentative proposal #1: remove 'setdomain' and 'domains' commands, >> instead extending & reusing the 'cd' and 'ls' commands. >> >> My reasoning is that we're asking people to do one thing, then another, >> it's currently not very intuitive. >> >> Tentative proposal #2: when a command succeeds, we don't currently >> display much information - we should modify the prompt and display some >> output. >> >> E.g. When a 'cd' succeeds, we could list the new items, rather than >> require someone to type 'ls'. >> >> >> Thoughts? >> >> >> p >> >> >
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