Re: [PATCH] Add "stg bury" command, with the functionnality of contrib/stg-sink.
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Julian Phillips <julian@quantumfyre.co.uk>
- Date
- Apr 18, 2007, 10:33 UTC
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- <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704181130330.30721@reaper.quantumfyre.co.uk>
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On Wed, 18 Apr 2007, Sam Vilain wrote:
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> Julian Phillips wrote: >>> Sure... and from my own perspective as a user, I didn't even realise >>> what float did until now, and was surprised that "bury" would mean that. >>> The metaphor is a stack, not a pool or a sandpit. I don't think those >>> terms really assist in understanding, however cute they are. >>> >> >> I find that bury is more natural than float (thinking of a stack of >> documents on a desk ...). But then I don't use stg ... >> > > You demonstrate my point :) by apparently missing that "bury" and > "float" are supposed to be the *opposite* of each other.
I didn't mean to give that impression. I was aware that they were opposites, but was only commenting on my view of the intuitivness of each.
I can't really think of a single metaphor where float and bury are both appropriate though.
-- Julian --- He's dead, Jim. -- McCoy, "The Devil in the Dark", stardate 3196.1