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> It doesn't matter. Why? I, like gp, prefer consistency and predictability over unique tool-specific defaults. If every command line tool had it's own specia
by jake_the_third 8y ago
> It doesn't matter.
Why?
I, like gp, prefer consistency and predictability over unique tool-specific defaults. If every command line tool had it's own special quirks, I would need to consult man pages every single time I issue something more complex that a `cd`.
Perhaps lsix should be separated into two tools like find and locate; one that uses cached rendered previews and the other generates them on the fly.
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- vthriller 8y agoPredictability is a tad subjective (I'll put consistency part aside for a moment here); e.g. you can think of pdf handling this way: lsix is about images first and foremost, so it makes sense to hide everything else, including pdfs, which are mostly books and papers and other things that thumbnails would hardly even help with. (This reasoning, however, becomes more brittle once we include videos into equation. Should it be images-only tool, or should it be about anything thumbnailable?)