PSEUDOHOSTS: Optional argument to PSEUDOHOST creates a specialized cd command

[rmkaplan]

For example, (PSEUDOHOST 'NOTECARDS "[notecards path]" 'n) creates the command cdn, and
cdn connects to {NOTECARDS}
cdn system connects to {NOTECARDS}/system/

[rmkaplan]

I looked more carefully at what happens when PSEUDOHOST can't resolve a prefix to a real host, either error or return NIL if new argument NOERROR is set.

[masinter]

I'm a little worried about the proliferation of short commands 'cdn' that are not of widespread utility.
I know each is relatively harmless, but .... who would use this feature?

Part of my concern is the ambiguity of typing a variable name to EVAL it vs a short command with the same name. It's only ambiguous when there's a command that makes sense when the command name by itself with no other items on the line.

Also I think we want to move the extra repos (test, loops, notecards) to be subtree or submodule of medley.

[rmkaplan]

Since I rotate between a bunch of pseudohosts (clone, working medley, release, lfg, pargram english/german, idl, old tedit, tedit tests…) I use these all the time.

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On Feb 2, 2025, at 1:16 PM, Larry Masinter ***@***.***> wrote: I'm a little worried about the proliferation of short commands 'cdn' that are not of widespread utility. I know each is relatively harmless, but .... who would use this feature? Part of my concern is the ambiguity of typing a variable name to EVAL it vs a short command with the same name. It's only ambiguous when there's a command that makes sense when the command name by itself with no other items on the line. Also I think we want to move the extra repos (test, loops, notecards) to be subtree or submodule of medley. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1999 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AQSTUJMJYJLWWD5FUG5MQSD2N2DKTAVCNFSM6AAAAABWIAR34KVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDMMRZGU2TQMZTGI>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.

[rmkaplan]

And by the way, it’s optional: if you don’t pass the argument, you don’t get the command.

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On Feb 2, 2025, at 3:02 PM, Ron Kaplan ***@***.***> wrote: Since I rotate between a bunch of pseudohosts (clone, working medley, release, lfg, pargram english/german, idl, old tedit, tedit tests…) I use these all the time. > On Feb 2, 2025, at 1:16 PM, Larry Masinter ***@***.***> wrote: > > > I'm a little worried about the proliferation of short commands 'cdn' that are not of widespread utility. > I know each is relatively harmless, but .... who would use this feature? > > Part of my concern is the ambiguity of typing a variable name to EVAL it vs a short command with the same name. It's only ambiguous when there's a command that makes sense when the command name by itself with no other items on the line. > > Also I think we want to move the extra repos (test, loops, notecards) to be subtree or submodule of medley. > > — > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1999 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AQSTUJMJYJLWWD5FUG5MQSD2N2DKTAVCNFSM6AAAAABWIAR34KVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDMMRZGU2TQMZTGI>. > You are receiving this because you authored the thread. >

[nbriggs]

Isn't this the sort of thing that you could have outside of the PSEUDOHOSTS code? "cd {NOTECARDS}" will do as expected so adding command aliases in your init file for each of the cd<foo> that you want should be trivial without having it in the PSEUDOHOST arglist, shouldn't it?