[X-Unix] Hiding apps from the command line

[Kirk McElhearn]

On 3/26/04 3:49 PM, "Peter Clarke" <P.J.Clarke at westminster.ac.uk> wrote:

> I can see why you would want an 'unhide' option
> 
> - here you have chosen '-t'  - but why '-t' ?
> 
> why not say '-s' for 'Show'  or '-u' for Un-hide
> 
> using '-t' seems Un-mnemonic
> 
> - all the other flags proposed seem appropriate,
> 
> But using '-t' to mean show does not quite seem to make sense...
> 
> -- Try to keep it mnemonic and easily guessable

It did to me at first - since "a" was taken for all, I thought of "t" for
tout. :-)

But I had already changed it to "s" before your message; I realized it
didn't make sense to anyone but me.
 
 
Kirk
 
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