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From: emjej@uokvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Long names and menus - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 10-Dec-83 22:48:53 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 10 22:48:53 1983
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uokvax!emjej    Dec  9 09:29:00 1983

Re long names as bothersome for non-typists--you have a point, *but*
csh, emacs, a tool under VMS whose name I have forgotten, and even
the Stiff Upper LISP that runs on a Z-80 CP/M system all have a way
to redo a preceding command with optional changes. Heck, even on an
Apple you can wander around on the screen, hack a line, and re-enter
it.

I'd rather have command names and options that have some detectable
relationship to their function than something that saves wear and
tear on my fingers but whose name I couldn't guess to save my life.

						James Jones