I have no idea how important these synonyms would be to other people, or if this is just a flat-out bad idea because it'll screw up everyone's highlighters, but I've noticed that for a long time we've been abbreviating long .d commands in discussion... A_T_T for ADD_TRANS_TRIGGER, etc.
Is it worth adding these as synonyms? I do not feel greviously wronged by typing out REPLACE_TRIGGER_TEXT, it's just a thought.
Hey, Wes, do you remember when you actually worried aloud about creeping featurism?
New rainy-day idea
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, Aug 08 2002 05:34 PM
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Posted 11 August 2002 - 07:42 AM
Can I get either praise or condemnation from a fellow WeiDU'er or two for this idea? 
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Posted 11 August 2002 - 09:14 AM
This is a fine idea. I'll do the obvious big ones (ONE_TWO becomes O_T), make a list of any others you want.
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Posted 11 August 2002 - 09:17 AM
I think you're a man with too much time on his hands to come up with stuff like this and then prod me to offer an opinion ... 
But regardless, I think that adding in the abbreviations would be fine. I mean, honestly, I don't have that big of a problem with typing out the full command. It would still save time in the long run, though, so if Weimer's up for it ... what the heck!
But regardless, I think that adding in the abbreviations would be fine. I mean, honestly, I don't have that big of a problem with typing out the full command. It would still save time in the long run, though, so if Weimer's up for it ... what the heck!
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Posted 11 August 2002 - 09:25 AM
Those sound fine to me. I don't mind keeping INTERJECT as INTERJECT, since you probably wouldn't want to make it just I (or would you?)... INT would be okay but it's not symmetrical with I_C_T.This is a fine idea. I'll do the obvious big ones (ONE_TWO becomes O_T), make a list of any others you want.
Don't care. I'm happy enough with A_S_T, A_T_T, I_C_T, etc.
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Posted 11 August 2002 - 01:14 PM
It sounds like a good idea, but please only as a shortcut ( I know you were probably meaning this, but it would be a nightmare to learn if you could only use shortened commands. It hard enough as it is :-)
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Posted 12 August 2002 - 08:30 AM
More suggestions:
("I_S_I", IF_SIZE_IS) ;
("R_A_T", REPLACE_ACTION_TEXT) ;
("R_B_B", REPLACE_BCS_BLOCK) ;
("R_S_T", REPLACE_STATE_TRIGGER) ;
("R_T_T", REPLACE_TRIGGER_TEXT) ;
("I_S_I", IF_SIZE_IS) ;
("R_A_T", REPLACE_ACTION_TEXT) ;
("R_B_B", REPLACE_BCS_BLOCK) ;
("R_S_T", REPLACE_STATE_TRIGGER) ;
("R_T_T", REPLACE_TRIGGER_TEXT) ;
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Posted 14 August 2002 - 10:39 AM
Added, thanks.
I still think you should add the synonyms to the .d syntax list, though.
Oh, and you didn't ask, but I found dlexer.mll all by myself, I didn't need Katie's help or anything.
I still think you should add the synonyms to the .d syntax list, though.
Oh, and you didn't ask, but I found dlexer.mll all by myself, I didn't need Katie's help or anything.
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Posted 14 August 2002 - 02:53 PM
Go Jason! Go Jason! If this freelance journalism (with an econ minor) doesn't pan out, a wonderful career awaits you in computer science.
Now, which d syntax list are you talking about? Something in the source code or something in the docs?
Now, which d syntax list are you talking about? Something in the source code or something in the docs?
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Posted 14 August 2002 - 03:25 PM
Go Jason! Go Jason! If this freelance journalism (with an econ minor) doesn't pan out, a wonderful career awaits you in computer science.
'Tis better to, uh, have been patronized and lost than not to have been patronized at all.
That, I suppose, is why I asked for it.
Now, which d syntax list are you talking about? Something in the source code or something in the docs?
d_file : action_list
action : BEGIN filename [ flags ] state_list
That one.
