4 ms·
Add auto-complete to the command line and everyone will start using long form without the need to beg. Imperfectly remembering the flag spelling is a rather lar
by pacala 14y ago
Add auto-complete to the command line and everyone will start using long form without the need to beg. Imperfectly remembering the flag spelling is a rather large annoyance, short flags avoid this problem at the cost of crypticism, autocomplete actually solves it.
- npsimons 14y agoFirst and foremost, the article talks about flags in files, where your IDE of choice can probably autocomplete them (see http://emacswiki.org/emacs/DynamicAbbreviations http://emacswiki.org/emacs/DynamicAbbreviations for an example). Second, even on the commandline, bash_completion (http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Programmable-Completion.html http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Programmab...) has been available for a while now.
- ralph 14y agoThis is silly. I can type grep's "-iv" before your auto-complete has enough info entered to complete the first option alone; "--i<Tab>" would beep, needing a "g" to continue.