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

[Ken VanDine]

I have 0.1.10 packaged, which included those old command names.  In my
Foresight package, I renamed the commands trash-{list,empty,put} for
tab completion :)

I am a fan of those names, and would be fine with trash-put.

--Ken

On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Andrea Francia <andrea at andreafrancia.it> wrote:
> 2009/1/4 Ben Finney <ben+freedesktop 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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-- 
Ken VanDine
Foresight Linux
http://foresightlinux.org