| Henning Makholm 2005-08-28, 5:51 pm |
| Scripsit Frank K=FCster <frank@kuesterei.ch>
> Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> wrote:
This is a non-analogy. The programs apt-config, fvwm-config and
gtk-config are all configuration *query* programs that installation
scripts for other software can use to easily find out how apt, fvwm,
gtk are configured on a particular machine.
On the other hand, texconfig is an *interactive* program that a user
can use to *change* system-wide parameters for the teTeX installation.
The only thing it has in common with the *-config programs mentioned
is that they all have names that match /-?config$/.
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This actually reflects nicely the different roles of the programs.
But perhaps texconfig ought to be in /usr/sbin instead of /usr/bin.
One cannot do much useful stuff with it as an unprivileged user.
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> Anyway, I don't see the advantage of changing names here:
I think it would be *wrong* to change names here.
Interactive configuration tools commonly do *not* take a dash.
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Henning Makholm "I consider the presence of the
universe to be a miracle. The universe
and everything in it. Can you deny it?"
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