Re: defalias chmod for set-file-modes ?

[Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>]

"Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@xemacs.org> writes:
>  > It might be nice to have a few other command such aliases, e.g., mkdir
>  > => make-directory.
>
> Commands are functions, and people will start using these aliases in
> programs because they're used to using them from Unix shells and
> they're shorter.  Is that desirable?

Dunno; doesn't seem like a big deal to me.  I don't mind, anyway.

> and use of completion to save on typing?

Well, I don't suggest it randomly, or from a misplaced sense of
completeness, but because for whatever reason (although I've certainly
used this command often enough), I always seem to try typing "M-x mkdir"
(or "mk TAB") first, and then when it doesn't work, remember, "oh yeah,
it's make-directory... grumble".

-Miles

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