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Article #25471Re: naming of x programs
From: Geoff Kuenning
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1987 06:05
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1987 06:05
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In article <6358@mimsy.UUCP> dsn@mimsy.UUCP (Dana S. Nau) writes:
> In article <1623@hplabsc.UUCP> mayer@hplabsc.UUCP (Niels Mayer) writes:
> >I think we should continue prefixing all x-based programs with an 'x'.
> >It's nice being able to walk up to a new system, do an 'ls
> >/usr/bin/x*' and see which x programs are available. ...
>
> I agree!
This is a truly *wonderful* idea, but it doesn't go nearly far enough.
Let's require EVERYONE to prefix *all* of their files with their initials,
or a short abbreviation of the relevant software package, or with their
company name. Then we could get rid of all those obnoxious directories.
Just think! Never again will you wonder which directory you left a file in!
And 'find' could be subsumed by 'ls' -- no more wierd syntax to remember.
[That's :-), in case you can't figure it out.]
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Geoff Kuenning geoff@ITcorp.com {hplabs,ihnp4}!trwrb!desint!geoff
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