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Re: [PATCH] Use "-script" postfix for scripts

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Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
Date
Aug 13, 2005, 22:28 UTC
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<20050813222851.GN5608@pasky.ji.cz>
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<20050813222512.GA6844@mythryan2.michonline.com>

Dear diary, on Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 12:25:12AM CEST, I got a letter where Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> told me that...

> Honestly, I think the biggest argument against the "-script" suffix is
> related to man-page usage:  It requires significant knowledge of the Git
> project to figure out what name variant to use to find the man page.
.oO(Hey, tcl has own man section as well!)
-- 
				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/
If you want the holes in your knowledge showing up try teaching
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Previous: Ryan Anderson
Message 9 of 9 in “Use "-script" postfix for scripts”
  1. Use "-script" postfix for scriptsJohannes Schindelin, Aug 12, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2005
  3. Johannes SchindelinAug 12, 2005
  4. Linus TorvaldsAug 12, 2005
  5. Ryan AndersonAug 12, 2005
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2005
  7. Linus TorvaldsAug 13, 2005
  8. Ryan AndersonAug 13, 2005
  9. Petr BaudisAug 13, 2005

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