On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 14:18 -0500, Conan Kudo (ニール・ゴンパ) wrote:
Tutorials, printed manuals, etc.
In that case, copying and pasting is rather difficult, don't you
think?
And also, fp:spot/chromium doesn't preclude copying and pasting that
into the terminal.
Then there are cases when people are working in the terminal with no
GUI available. Copying and pasting is almost impossible in that case.
It is easier for humans to remember "fp:spot/chromium" than a long
string that is the repo URL.
I guess I just don't think you're correct.
I think the claim that it's easier to remember is fairly made up.
I may still do the aliases, it's just not clear that they are much of a
win.
-sv