From: Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:35:55 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Debian packaging for 0.99.4
Message-ID: <20050812103555.GG5411@kiste.smurf.noris.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0508120139230.19902@qynat.qvtvafvgr.pbz>

Hi,

David Lang:
> after so many years of software development (and with the policy of never 
> having conflicting command names) what three letter combinations are still 
> avilable?
> 
Lots.

> I'm assuming that the much smaller pool of two letter commands was long 
> since exhausted, but if not what two letter commands are available?
> 
Lots of them, I hope, but all of them obscure.

We even have 25 one-letter commands that are free. My /usr/bin/ only has
'w'. And if we run out, we could branch off into other alphabets;
unfortunately, not everybody has a quick way to type an ä. Or α. Or ૐ. ;-)

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