From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andy Wingo Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: proposal: enhance and rename guile-tools Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:51:09 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87ipvdqt69.fsf@gnu.org> <87ipvcf8hv.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1301483645 14438 80.91.229.12 (30 Mar 2011 11:14:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:14:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org To: Neil Jerram Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 30 13:14:01 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q4tLc-0004dk-6l for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:14:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39830 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q4tLb-0008Ks-Eh for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:13:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=34104 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q4tLL-0008II-O5 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:13:44 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q4tLK-0003AX-K3 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:13:43 -0400 Original-Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com ([64.74.157.62]:51782 helo=sasl.smtp.pobox.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q4tLK-0003AS-H5 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:13:42 -0400 Original-Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A444B465A; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:15:30 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=WHGETH33uL7QuQd8e0nCLMJfywk=; b=PBm8e9 My7RoTsNjFhnZZRb6NNti3BF//67fFRQxr9edfAuPXcI8h7t5K1na3gm8y8q39KF BsUC05UCIwpYEu/Y0n0UZZDaCeO13LJvjmk0mwttB+mSgISafZuEqaG7hxuehBAg 6IzcW1t+1GyJtahYuImrMOa6IqFytqph4Or84= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=QFPHspcWRMq8jTD1MszHDV6KYb+dkxhV pjtilN7voqN9CbCefgKvobcCmRJWjtUFKArCM3+j5FDywWDr6GuWRz1xm3BTjsFg 11/b99kz3rsqTEfnNXbBuBEqz8c71mrnhUbr4jXOqRBvB523fjihH1AHI6lUM7/2 qq1tg77sUcY= Original-Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92F634658; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:15:28 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from unquote.localdomain (unknown [90.164.198.39]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EC9A34656; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:15:26 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87ipvcf8hv.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net> (Neil Jerram's message of "Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:50:52 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 04B1427A-5ABF-11E0-8D95-E8AB60295C12-02397024!a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-Received-From: 64.74.157.62 X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:12079 Archived-At: On Mon 21 Mar 2011 22:50, Neil Jerram writes: > - "gel" is short; and it's the name of Guile before it was Guile; and > suggests sticking things together; and AFAIK isn't already being used > for anything else; and has similar key positions as "gdo", so is > equally easy to type. Gel is good! > - I think I might find guile-tools (as is) less bothering if its > built-in commands (help, version and list) were rewritten as scripts > themselves. Then it would be clearer that the remaining code in > guile-tools was just implementing the main-invocation convention for > scripts/*. Good idea also! > On the overall point, of having a separate name instead of just "guile", > I think it just comes down to the observation that "because the `git' > experience seems definitive". And I agree that it's hard to argue with > that. > > Best wishes for reaching a decision on this! Heh, thanks! I'm going to stir the pot a little bit now, with another suggestion for the name :) Andy -- http://wingolog.org/