From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: defalias chmod for set-file-modes ? Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:15:16 +0900 Message-ID: <87lju67zvv.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <200812180930.mBI9UnjY012330@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <87bpv2wp5h.fsf@jurta.org> <87zlim8517.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <874p0uvyh4.fsf@xemacs.org> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1230106538 16708 80.91.229.12 (24 Dec 2008 08:15:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:15:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , Dan Nicolaescu , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 24 09:16:45 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LFOv6-0003ZC-Ov for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:16:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34325 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LFOtt-0002VT-QL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:15:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LFOtp-0002VD-8j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:15:25 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LFOtn-0002Uq-MT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:15:24 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56482 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LFOtn-0002Un-Fy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:15:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:55026) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LFOtl-00016i-UP; Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:15:22 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LFOtk-0003LS-0p; Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:15:21 -0500 Original-Received: from 218.231.174.254.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.174.254] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1LFOth-00043d-9p; Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:15:17 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A6FFBDFCD; Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:15:16 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <874p0uvyh4.fsf@xemacs.org> (Stephen J. Turnbull's message of "Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:11:51 +0900") Original-Lines: 22 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by mx20.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:107266 Archived-At: "Stephen J. Turnbull" 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 -- Zeal, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced.