Re: [Monotone-devel] renaming monotone executable (again)

[Nuno Lucas]

On 2/26/06, Nathaniel Smith <address@hidden> wrote:
[...]
> What to switch to:
>   -- "mt" is the most natural choice, but not available.  Annoying,
>      since no-one uses the old mt command anymore, but there you go.
>   -- I'm kind of fond of "m" (take _that_, you upstart 2-letter
>      systems like hg!), but it got shouted down the last time I
>      suggested it :-).
>   -- "mmm" -- less boring than other suggestions, has appropriate
>      associations ;-), and is, in fact, a mono-tone... but just
>      perhaps a bit too cute.  Also, annoying to type.
>   -- "moto" -- dunno, also has nice associations.  That it's 4 letters
>      is a bit unfortunate... maybe "mto" would be a compromise,
>      keeping the short pronounciation...
>   -- "mtn" -- the boring, generic choice.  Of course, sometimes boring
>      is good.

I ended aliasing with "mnt":
 -- "mnt" -- same arguments as "mtn", but 'm' is next to 'n' and you only
    type "mn" and let TAB auto-complete the rest, adding the space at the
   end, as "mt" blocks that from happening with "mtn" ;)

Let the flamewar begin...

Regards,
~Nuno Lucas