[gnu.bash.bug] Choice of command names

foo@portia.Stanford.EDU (castor fu) (06/26/89)

One thing which I was wondering about is whether it's a good idea
to reserve the keywords 'help' and 'type' for bash.  It seems
like the novice user might be surprised if they got a lot
of stuff about the shell when they type 'help' and that this keyword
should be reserved for a more generic help command.  Maybe
bashhelp ?

Similarly 'type' will no doubt confuse people coming from a VMS or
MS-DOS environment.  'typeof' is my suggestion for a replacement for type.

Can anyone else think of things that should be modified before 
the interface is 'frozen'?

		-Castor Fu
		foo@portia.stanford.edu

bfox@AUREL.CALTECH.EDU (Brian Fox) (06/27/89)

   Date: 26 Jun 89 16:13:58 GMT
   From: agate!shelby!portia!foo@ucbvax.berkeley.edu  (castor fu)
   Organization: Stanford University
   Sender: bug-bash-request@prep.ai.mit.edu

   One thing which I was wondering about is whether it's a good idea
   to reserve the keywords 'help' and 'type' for bash.  It seems

Did you notice the "enable" command?

Brian