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You are not going to get more than 10% of shell users to type ":Output Destination File /home/erikj/log" instead of just "> home/erikj/log". Learn it once, save
by jstimpfle 9y ago
You are not going to get more than 10% of shell users to type ":Output Destination File /home/erikj/log" instead of just "> home/erikj/log". Learn it once, save typing a lot of characters, many times a day.
The idea that you should type so much more just to be "not cryptic" is as old as COBOL. Which, as most people would agree, was not a good idea.
- erikj 9y agoWhy do you think I mentioned the autocompletion facility? Shell users won't have to type any more characters than they do now. Please give Genera a try in the emulator to see how it would work with your own eyes, it's nothing like COBOL.