libvir-list-bounces(a)redhat.com wrote on 01/03/2011 03:10:20 PM: > From: Paul Jenner <psj(a)familyjenner.co.uk&gt; > To: libvir-list(a)redhat.com > Date: 01/03/2011 03:17 PM > Subject: [libvirt] virsh help keywords vs. command prefixes > Sent by: libvir-list-bounces(a)redhat.com > > Hi all. > > >From a quick play with virsh from the 0.8.7 pre-release, as an end user > I wonder if it may be more intuitive for the new help keywords to match > the virsh command prefixes where they exist. For example "help nwfilter" > would tell me about nwfilter- commands. Some keywords follow the prefix > convention (nodedev, secret, snapshot, pool) but some do not (interface > vs. iface-, filter vs nwfilter-, network vs. net-, volume vs. vol-). > > Minor observation and close to release but I thought I would send on > feedback to see what people thought. We could introduce the 'help nwfilter' etc. as alias to the existing one(s).

On 04/01/2011, at 7:10 AM, Paul Jenner wrote: > Hi all. > >> From a quick play with virsh from the 0.8.7 pre-release, as an end user > I wonder if it may be more intuitive for the new help keywords to match > the virsh command prefixes where they exist. For example "help nwfilter" > would tell me about nwfilter- commands. Some keywords follow the prefix > convention (nodedev, secret, snapshot, pool) but some do not (interface > vs. iface-, filter vs nwfilter-, network vs. net-, volume vs. vol-). > > Minor observation and close to release but I thought I would send on > feedback to see what people thought. Yeah, that's not a bad idea. Makes for easier mnemonics. :) Stefan's idea to implement as an alias for the existing ones is probably the easiest way to make it happen. Stefan any inclination to create the patch? Eric's suggestion sounds like it'd work too (and do so without conflict). Patches? :)

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