[RFA] Add "inf" alias for "info"

Pedro Alves pedro@codesourcery.com
Wed Jul 8 13:36:00 GMT 2009


On Wednesday 08 July 2009 14:28:05, Pierre Muller wrote:
> > >   The proposed patch add "inf" as an alias
> > > of "info", saving the hassle of retyping "info"
> > > after the message above.
> > 
> > Why not type just "i"?  It is already an alias for "info", and,
> > it's shorter anyway ==> less hassle.
> 
>   No really good reasons but,
> I used "inf " for years and didn't know "i " worked,
> I discovered it while writing the patch!
>   But I am too used to "inf " to be able to switch to "i "
> easily!

I'm sure that you'll now get used to "i" in no time, now
that you know it.

This revealed an interesting issue.  The

 'Ambiguous command "inf reg": inferior, info.'

... message doesn't indicate the aliases of each alternative
command.  Neither does "help info" mention "i".  Maybe it should.

(btw, "i" + "inf" would leave "in" in a weird spot)

-- 
Pedro Alves



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