Re: [evolution-patches] Bug 46808, add shortName to --force-shutdown option
- From: JP Rosevear <jpr ximian com>
- To: Dan Winship <danw ximian com>
- Cc: Mark Gordon <mtgordon ximian com>, Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>, Gary Ekker <gekker novell com>, evolution-patches ximian com, Tim Lee <tim ximian com>
- Subject: Re: [evolution-patches] Bug 46808, add shortName to --force-shutdown option
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 12:21:44 -0500
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 11:38, Dan Winship wrote:
> > My thought is that "-f" is used by many programs to specify filenames,
> > and users might try using it, say, to open a new composer window with an
> > attachment. That's the major argument against using "-f" that comes to
> > mind.
>
> The other argument against having any short name is that
> --force-shutdown is just NOT something that normal users should have any
> need to use under normal circumstances, so we should be fixing the bugs
> that make it necessary rather than just making the workaround easier to
> access.
Good point as well, I suppose Tim/Mark could always alias it for their
convienience.
-JP
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JP Rosevear <jpr ximian com>
Ximian, Inc.
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