[darcs-users] Preference editor
Nigel Rowe
rho at swiftdsl.com.au
Wed Jun 30 08:22:17 UTC 2004
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On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 15:15, Ketil Malde wrote:
> Juliusz Chroboczek <jch at pps.jussieu.fr> writes:
> > NR> $ darcs set author ...
> > NR> $ darcs set parent ....
> > NR> $ darcs set test ....
> >
> > Yes, that rolls off the tongue.
> >
> > But what's the dual? show?
>
> How about just 'darcs set author' to print the current author value,
> and 'darcs set' to print all set values?
>
> -kzm
No, I personally would prefer
$ darcs show ....
Should we not stick to conventional english meanings where that makes sense?
set means:
To make to assume specified place, condition, or
occupation; to put in a certain condition or state
(described by the accompanying words); to cause to be.
[1913 Webster]
show means:
To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to
display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and
often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing
seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your
colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to
customers).
To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to
reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.
[1913 Webster]
Besides,
$ darcs set author
with no arg, would logically mean to remove the 'author' setting. Ie set it
to nothing (as distinct from $darcs set author "").
Pedantically yours,
Nigel
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Nigel Rowe
rho at swiftdsl.com.au
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