[Pool] Help me to rename trash command of trash-cli?

[Andrea Francia]

2009/1/4 Ben Finney
<ben+freedesktop at benfinney.id.au<ben%2Bfreedesktop at benfinney.id.au>
>

> "Andrea Francia" <andrea at andreafrancia.it> writes:
>
> >  * trash            # trashes files and directories.
> >  * trash-empty      # empty the trashcan(s).
> >  * trash-list       # list trashed files.
> >  * trash-restore    # restore a trashed file.
>
[...]

> In the first one, "trash" is presumably to be treated as a verb,
> operating on the object supplied as an argument. In the latter three,
> "trash" is a noun topic, with "empty", "list", and "restore"
> as verbs operating on the object supplied as argument.


In the earlier versions trash-cli was using these commands (which are all in
the form $VERB $OBJECT) :

 - trash <file>
 - empty-trash
 - list-trash
 - restore-trash

Then I switched to the trash-* form to gain advantage from the tab
completion.


> For consistency, I would expect the "put FOO in the trash" command
> to follow the same form as the latter three. I suggest the command
> form could be 'trash-put FOO'.
>
> > In the beginning I was persuaded to use the 'trash-file' name but I
> > don't like it very much.
>
> For the reasons above, I don't like it either: it is inconsistent with
> the others, departing from the '$TOPIC-$VERB $OBJECT' form established
> by the others.
>

This is the same reason I also prefer trash-put.


>
> >  * trash-put
> >  * trash-put-in
> >  * trash-rm
> >  * trash-recycle
> >  * trash-to
>
> I recommend 'trash-put FOO' as the least ugly or confusing.


Ok. Thanks.

In the case you could redesign the entire command line interface what would
be your choice?

-- 
Andrea Francia
http://andreafrancia.blogspot.com/
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