On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Edward K. Ream <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Kent Tenney <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > I would suggest that each plugin's commands have a common *prefix*, >> > which >> > may or may not be the name of the plugin. >> >> Which requires remembering which are and which are not prefixed by the >> plugin name. >> The tension is between verbosity and consistency, the beauty of tab >> completion is that >> the verbosity component pretty much disappears, allowing the benefits >> of consistency. > > > We both agree that tab completion is a brilliant idea ;-) That's why I > spent so much effort supporting it. > > >> >> If the viewrendered commands started with viewrendered- it would imply >> only one or two >> additional keystrokes, without the need to remember the more cryptic 'vr-' > > > The extra keystrokes are irritating to non-newbies.
Much more irritating than 2 more keystrokes is memorizing the whether or not the commands are abbreviated, and what that abbreviation is. > > I'd like to agree to disagree with you about this. The worst solution would > be to allow both shorter and longer names for commands. Exactly. The second worst solution is some commands use the plugin name, some commands use an abbreviation. The best solutions is assurance that, if I know the plugin name, I know how to access the commands. :-P I'll stop now. > > Edward > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
