On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 11:49:31AM +0100, Innes MacKenzie wrote: > On 4/17/05, Joe Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 10:55:08AM +0100, Innes MacKenzie wrote: > > > On 4/17/05, Swaroop C H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > "ipc" is just too cryptic. > > > > > > What about 'dir', 'cd', 'csc'? > > > > The first two are historical, and it's too late to change them. The > > third is just stupid. > > So they ought to be ListDirectoryContents, ChangeDirectory, and > CSharpCompiler. Hrmm.
I like "ldir", "chdir" and "csharp", myself, but the point is that having a tradition of cryptic names is no reason to be cryptic for the sake of it. I haven't seen any argument for "ipc" except, "I will be typing it a lot so it has to be less than 4 letters." > > What OS are you talking about? On Linux it works everywhere, > > even searching $PATH. > > Point made. I wasn't trying to say, "Linux is better, hurr hurr!" I was trying to figure out if you were talking about Linux and just incorrect, or talking about Windows, in which case I don't see why tab completion matters. Because... > >On Windows, why does it matter? Don't you just > > associate .py with the executable and doubleclick it? > > Yes, I have .cs associated with csc so I can compile my C# projects > simply by doubleclicking! > (just kidding) I'm honestly trying to figure out why you intend to be typing the name of a Python to .NET compiler often. Even on Linux, where I use the command line for everything, 90% of the time the compiler is invoked by a Makefile so I only have to type its name once. On Windows I was under the impression that the compiler is always invoked by an IDE so you have to type it's name even less often. So - are you telling me you actually compile C# projects by opening a window and typing "csc somefilename.cs"? If so, why? When I talked about double-clicking .py files, I was confused and thought we were still talking about the interpreter name, where a short name is slightly more important. But still, TAB-completion on Linux and file association on Windows takes most of the burden off. Joe _______________________________________________ users-ironpython.com mailing list users-ironpython.com@lists.ironpython.com http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com
