Re: Image handling in mutt

From	debian-user@howorth.org.uk
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Image handling in mutt
Date	2023-12-11 16:30 +0100
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songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:
> <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 01:28:20PM -0500, songbird wrote:  
> >> <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:  
> 
>   there is rarely a need to e-mail me directly.
> 
> >> ...  
> >> > That's why I cringe when people name executables "foo.sh". What
> >> > do you do when you decide to rewrite the thing in C (or Rust, or
> >> > whatever)?
> >> >
> >> > Do you go over all calling sites and change the caller's code?  
> >> 
> >>   no, i would just consider it a transition or a change
> >> in versions.  :)  
> >
> > Again. You have one script, say /usr/local/bin/ring-the-bells.sh
> > You use it in several other scripts. If you now re-implement it
> > in your favourite Pascal as ring-the-bells.pas or something, you
> > go over all your executables and fix that?
> >
> > IMO an executable name should indicate /what/ an executable does,
> > not /how/.  
> 
>   i'm fine with that, but i'm also capable enough to know
> how to search through a code base to find all the strings
> i might need to change.

You make the anti-heroic assumption that your code is never used
outside of your control (or specifically, outside of your code base).

>   i just scanned a few of my projects and noted i do not
> use the .sh extension much at all for the binaries/executables,
> but parts of the code may have that extension.

That's a fine choice, as long as none of the internals will be exposed
externally, IMHO. Though I confess I do often add a .pl extension to
filenames :(

PS I suspect tomas sent mail to you for the same reason I nearly did,
namely that you or your mailer explicitly asked for it with a reply-to
header. Certainly my claws MUA interprets that as meaning you want a
copy too.

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Image handling in mutt Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> - 2023-12-08 18:00 +0100
  Re: Image handling in mutt David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-08 18:10 +0100
    Re: Image handling in mutt Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> - 2023-12-08 22:50 +0100
      Re: Image handling in mutt David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2023-12-08 23:00 +0100
        Re: Image handling in mutt Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-08 23:10 +0100
          Re: Image handling in mutt Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-08 23:40 +0100
            Re: Image handling in mutt Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-08 23:50 +0100
              Re: Image handling in mutt Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-09 00:00 +0100
                Re: Image handling in mutt Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-09 00:10 +0100
                Re: Image handling in mutt Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-09 00:20 +0100
                Re: Image handling in mutt Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-09 00:30 +0100
              Re: Image handling in mutt Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-09 00:00 +0100
            Re: Image handling in mutt John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2023-12-09 00:00 +0100
              Re: Image handling in mutt Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-09 00:00 +0100
                Re: Image handling in mutt Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-09 00:30 +0100
          Re: Image handling in mutt Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2023-12-09 09:50 +0100
            Re: Image handling in mutt Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2023-12-10 17:20 +0100
              Re: Image handling in mutt <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-10 17:30 +0100
                Re: Image handling in mutt songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2023-12-10 19:40 +0100
                Re: Image handling in mutt <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-10 19:50 +0100
                Re: Image handling in mutt David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-10 21:20 +0100
                Re: Image handling in mutt songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2023-12-11 02:30 +0100
                Re: Image handling in mutt debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2023-12-11 16:30 +0100
                Re: Image handling in mutt songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2023-12-11 21:20 +0100
          Re: Image handling in mutt Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2023-12-11 12:40 +0100
            Re: Image handling in mutt Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-11 13:30 +0100
        Re: Image handling in mutt "Loris Bennett" <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de> - 2023-12-11 14:10 +0100
      Re: Image handling in mutt David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-10 21:10 +0100
        Re: Image handling in mutt Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-10 22:00 +0100
          Re: Image handling in mutt Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2023-12-11 13:20 +0100
            Re: Image handling in mutt Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-11 13:40 +0100
              Re: Image handling in mutt Arno Lehmann <al@its-lehmann.de> - 2023-12-11 13:50 +0100
                Re: Image handling in mutt Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-11 14:20 +0100
                Re: Image handling in mutt Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2023-12-11 15:10 +0100
                Re: Image handling in mutt Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-11 15:40 +0100
                Re: Image handling in mutt Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2023-12-11 16:20 +0100
                Re: Image handling in mutt "Jeremy Nicoll" <jn.ml.dbi.73@letterboxes.org> - 2023-12-11 19:00 +0100
                Re: Image handling in mutt jeremy ardley <jeremy.ardley@gmail.com> - 2023-12-11 23:10 +0100
                On file systems [was: Image handling in mutt] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-12 06:40 +0100
                Re: On file systems "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2023-12-12 11:50 +0100
              Re: Image handling in mutt Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2023-12-11 13:50 +0100
              Re: Image handling in mutt Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2023-12-11 15:00 +0100
                Re: Image handling in mutt <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-11 15:20 +0100
                Re: Image handling in mutt Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2023-12-11 15:40 +0100
                Re: Image handling in mutt <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-11 15:50 +0100
                Re: Image handling in mutt Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-11 15:50 +0100
          Re: Image handling in mutt David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-11 16:00 +0100
            Re: Image handling in mutt Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-11 16:10 +0100
              Re: Image handling in mutt David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-11 17:10 +0100
            Re: Image handling in mutt <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-11 16:10 +0100
              Re: Image handling in mutt Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-12-11 16:20 +0100
                Re: Image handling in mutt <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-11 16:30 +0100
  Re: Image handling in mutt Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@gmail.com> - 2023-12-11 00:10 +0100
    Re: Image handling in mutt Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@gmail.com> - 2023-12-11 01:20 +0100
    Re: Image handling in mutt David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-11 16:30 +0100

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