Received: from spf3.us4.outblaze.com (spf3.us4.outblaze.com [205.158.62.25]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9J0bU1F019752 for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:37:36 GMT Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by spf3.us4.outblaze.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A40F6538E0 for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:37:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CJi7W-0000Zl-P0 for migo@homemail.com; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:44:58 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CJi7A-0000Z6-Qq for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:44:36 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CJi7A-0000Yo-6t for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:44:36 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CJi7A-0000Ye-3p for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:44:36 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CJhzU-0003nd-Me for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:36:40 -0400 Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CJhzU-0001C1-AA; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:36:40 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:36:40 -0400 To: John Meinel Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: File naming conventions Message-ID: <20041019003640.GB3264@fencepost> References: <1098074588.29545.40.camel@whiskas.cashpoolcomps.com> <1098092294.5219.8.camel@johannes> <20041018181822.GD9196@puritan.pcp.ath.cx> <8D7869BC-213A-11D9-A63A-000393CFE6B8@spy.net> <1098141434.19575.42.camel@whiskas.cashpoolcomps.com> <20041018233511.GA31642@fencepost> <0D336108-2162-11D9-A63A-000393CFE6B8@spy.net> <41745D7F.5000102@johnmeinel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41745D7F.5000102@johnmeinel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop From: Miles Bader Cc: arch , Zenaan Harkness , Dustin Sallings , Miles Bader X-BeenThere: gnu-arch-users@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: a discussion list for all things arch-ish List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: gnu-arch-users-bounces+migo=homemail.com@gnu.org Errors-To: gnu-arch-users-bounces+migo=homemail.com@gnu.org Status: RO Content-Length: 1417 Lines: 32 On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 07:19:11PM -0500, John Meinel wrote: > I *really* like the ",blah" to mean this is a temporary file, and have > started using it very frequently. I never use the + or =, though. I'm > not really sure what is what (I think + is precious, ie not source, but > I'm at a loss for =) Yeah, for general (non-necessarily-arch-related) use, ",file" is the golden one (I actually used it before I used arch, apparently having picked up the habit from the same place Tom did, but completely forgot about all the conventions except for ",foo"). "+file" can be annoying because of vi/more, but it is handy for using with arch: basically anytime you want to make a non-temporary but non-source file in an arch project tree, use "+foo". E.g., if I want to save my changes for hacking on another day, I do `tla undo -o +admirable-hacks.cset', and tree-lint etc will completely ignore it. [Thus the name "precious" -- it's like ",foo" but for more precious files ... ] -Miles -- Any man who is a triangle, has thee right, when in Cartesian Space, to have angles, which when summed, come to know more, nor no less, than nine score degrees, should he so wish. [TEMPLE OV THEE LEMUR] _______________________________________________ Gnu-arch-users mailing list Gnu-arch-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-arch-users GNU arch home page: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnu-arch/