Subject: Re: doscmd-19960502 vs. /dev/vga?
To: None <"After 5 PM please slip brain through slot in door.">
From: Charles M. Hannum <mycroft@mit.edu>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/21/1996 12:13:21
"After 5 PM please slip brain through slot in door."
<greywolf@defender.VAS.viewlogic.com> writes:

> 
> Well, doesn't that go against the POLA (Principle Of Least Astonishment)?

And what about the people already using doscmd, under NetBSD and/or
BSD/OS?

Whether or not I agree with this particular part of the interface, it
seems far too petty to bother changing it and annoying existing users.

I suspect that John used `-X' because that's what dosemu uses, and it
happened to be accepted.  I could rename the existing `-X' option
without affecting anyone else.

> After all, the Window System is called 'X', not 'x'.  I think I'd opt to
> reverse those flags, and I doubt I'd be alone.  It should probably be filed
> as a medium-level bug PR back to BSDI as well...

BSDI would never accept it (nor would I except them to), so filing
such a PR would be useless.