> I think, personally, that it would make more sense, at least, were
> the UI to handle the <partition> notation on input, i.e. where if a
> partition name is given at the 'Offset' prompt, it would start where
> partition $partition ends, and behave similarly by ending where
> $partition starts if given at the 'Length' prompt.

bsdlabel and sunlabel (see my previous message) have this capability,
though they use a somewhat different notation.

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