<< Previous Message Main Index Next Message >>
<< Previous Message in Thread This Month Next Message in Thread >>
Date   : Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:32:39 +0200
From   : John Kortink <kortink@...>
Subject: Re: *INFO

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:37:50 +0100, Andrew Benham wrote:

>John Kortink wrote:
>
>> I.e. there is absolutely no need to arbitrarily rename star-
>> commands in this case.
>
>I'd argue, although not very strongly, that it's easier for the
>user if *HELP shows the names of the commands that the user can
>type.
>The 'magic prefix' character(s) are seldom documented in the *HELP,
>and who can find all the manuals from 20-odd years ago ?

I don't know, those who'd want to know what all the
commands actually do ?

You'd need some place to explain the renames you've
done anyway. Just tell them to 'O' instead.


John Kortink

-- 

Email    : kortink@...         
Homepage : http://www.inter.nl.net/users/J.Kortink

GoMMC, the ultimate BBC B/B+/Master storage system :
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/J.Kortink/home/hardware/gommc
<< Previous Message Main Index Next Message >>
<< Previous Message in Thread This Month Next Message in Thread >>