On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Gerfried Fuchs <[email protected]> wrote: > That would still make --exec the default and technically it doesn't > matter much if I have to type --no-exec or --exec ';' > > I really am looking for a way to define a default exec value and just > switch on exec when wanted for that default, *not* for turning it off.
While I understand your point of view, I am going to have to say no to this request. --exec already does what the requested --play would do -- with the difference that --exec defines the invoked expression. One can just as well type them or wrap the more extreme expressions in scripts if needed. --exec can be used to invoke any command subsequently, not only players. The requested change would require re-implementing --exec e.g. leaving it for defining the invoked expression only. --play would also imply that clive had a some kind of playback feature. This caused confusion in the past as some users tried to use --play without --player. Even if --exec was re-implemented to allow: % echo "--exec="gmplayer %i;" >> ~/.cliverc % clive --exec="1;" URL The above would be impossible with the current program design without making drastic changes to the project which to me seems like an overkill for such a trivial feature improvement. The old, the new and the proposed --------------------------------- 2.x: % clive --exec="gmplayer %i;" URL % clive URL # --exec defined in config % clive --no-exec URL # proposed change 1.x: % clive --player="gmplayer %i;" --play=src URL % clive --play=src URL # --player defined in config % clive URL -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
