[PATCH 2 of 2 STABLE] mq: rename the --mq option to --queue

[Augie Fackler]

On Mar 4, 2010, at 4:09 PM, Dan Villiom Podlaski Christiansen wrote:

> On 4 Mar 2010, at 17:43, Brendan Cully wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, 04 March 2010 at 13:38, Sune Foldager wrote:
>>> On 04-03-2010 13:30, Dirkjan Ochtman wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 13:05, Dan Villiom Podlaski Christiansen
>>>> <danchr at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>> # HG changeset patch
>>>>> # User Dan Villiom Podlaski Christiansen<danchr at gmail.com>
>>>>> # Date 1267704180 -3600
>>>>> # Node ID 1694d2b0e58b0e25d53bad25cd0ff817d6841e2b
>>>>> # Parent  a65fff12883a4872ff0312ac29dc392164fc3468
>>>>> mq: rename the --mq option to --queue.
>>>>>
>>>>> Long options should consist of proper words rather than
>>>>> abbreviations. The translations have been updated to reflect  
>>>>> this, as
>>>>> doing so is trivial.
>>>>
>>>> I prefer --mq.
>
> Could you perhaps elaborate on the reasons why you prefer it?
>
>>> Hmm.. I think I prefer --queue... or at least: I find --mq somewhat
>>> silly (being so short).
>>
>> I prefer --mq, and that's a bit part of it. I'd rather type --mq than
>> -Q, because it lets me avoid a chord.
>
> I'm sorry, but I don't understand? By chord, do you mean key press?  
> There are actually *fewer* key presses in ‘-Q’, and the amount of  
> different keys pressed is the same:

By chord he means multiple keys at once. Also, repeated keys are free.

I'm also +1 on --mq instead of -Q because it's significantly faster  
for me to type.

> -Q:   <dash> <shift> <Q>
> --mq: <dash> <dash> <M> <Q>
>
> In my opinion ‘--mq’ is an abuse of long options; after all, the  
> reason they're called ‘long’ is that they aren't supposed to be  
> short. For example, they are useful in scripts or aliases, so you  
> don't have to remember what each and every short option means.
>
> If people dislike the short option, shouldn't we fix *that* rather  
> than working around it?

Likely no, since --mq is easy and fast to type, and short options are  
fairly expensive (only 26 lowercase ones, so they should really be  
reserved for non-poweruser features).

>
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