I like it.  Thanks!

On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Juergen Sauermann <
juergen.sauerm...@t-online.de> wrote:

>  Hi,
>
> thanks, I will change )LIB to ]LIB and make )LIB APL2 compliant.
> In )LIB no extension will be shown and a + will be printed after the
> workspace name if both an .apl and an .xml exist in the directory.
>
> /// Jürgen
>
>
>
> On 06/25/2014 06:51 PM, Blake McBride wrote:
>
> Dear David,
>
>  I proposed something similar to your proposal before but it was nixed.
>  My current proposal allows for differences of opinion as this issue is
> becoming increasingly problematic to me.
>
>  Not displaying the .xml or .apl is a new idea - one that is also
> important to me.
>
>  Thanks.
>
>  Blake
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:29 AM, David Lamkins <da...@lamkins.net> wrote:
>
>>  As much as I agree with the notion of cleaning up the )LIB display, I'm
>> not a fan of using configuration options to change UI behavior. May I
>> suggest an alternative?
>>
>>  1) Change the )LIB command to behave as-if GNU APL only deals with
>> workspace files.
>>  2) Add a new command - )LIBX, perhaps - to show all of the files that
>> GNU APL may load.
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>
>>> From: Blake McBride <blake1...@gmail.com>
>>> To: "bug-apl@gnu.org" <bug-apl@gnu.org>
>>> Cc:
>>> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 19:24:37 -0500
>>> Subject: [Bug-apl] Notes on )LIB
>>>
>>>  Greetings,
>>>
>>>  I split my large utilities ws into many package ws'.  Now my )LIB
>>> command is becoming unwieldy.  I noticed the language manual states that
>>> )LIB returns an alphabetized list.  That is the first issue.
>>>
>>>  I would really prefer not to see .bak files or really _any_ other file
>>> that can't be loaded by APL.  If I have 8 workspaces, I am seeing 16 files
>>> in random order.  I would love to have some configuration options to show
>>> what I see with )LIB as follows.
>>>
>>>  LIB_EXTENSIONS = set to a list of file extensions to show during )LIB.
>>>  If nothing is set, show all files.
>>>
>>>  SHOW_EXTENSION = if set to NO, do not show file extensions so that my
>>> workspace "Utils.xml" would just be displayed as "Utils".
>>>
>>>  (Yes, I know I could have Utils.apl and Utils.xml.  If I hide the
>>> extension - it is my problem.)
>>>
>>>  Thanks.
>>>
>>>  Blake
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>    Albert Einstein
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