Not hearing any other ideas and even though I prefer "Scribe" I will rename the class to "HelpWriter".
Thanks everyone for your input. On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 9:26 PM Peter Burka <pe...@quux.net> wrote: > My vote (which everyone is free to ignore) is still for HelpWriter. It's > simple and intuitive, and it's consistent with the names of the methods the > interface declares (e.g. writePara, writeTable). I > find SemanticAppendableDecorator too verbose and I have no intuition for > what it means. > > Peter > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 12:31 PM Claude Warren <cla...@xenei.com> wrote: > > > If we can settle on a name for the > > serializer/scribe/writer/printDecorator/amenuensis thing the rest of the > > code is ready. It passes all the tests, it has 100% test coverage, and > it > > works for what Rat is trying to do. > > > > > > On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 2:08 PM Claude Warren <cla...@xenei.com> wrote: > > > > > I have opened https://github.com/apache/commons-cli/pull/314 to track > > the > > > proposed changes > > > > > > On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 11:42 AM Claude Warren <cla...@xenei.com> > wrote: > > > > > >> I know some graphics programs use the term "engraver" for code that > > >> creates the output of graphical representations of things (like notes, > > >> staves, and resets in musical notation). Scribe seems like the > textual > > >> equivalent. > > >> > > >> If we go with the decorator approach then I think the underlying > > >> interface should be SemanticAppendableDecorator. > > >> > > >> > > >> - Semantic because it describes what to do with the semantic terms > > >> like "paragraph", "header", and "list". > > >> - Appendable because that is what is wraps. > > >> - Decorator because that is what it does. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 9:26 AM Gilles Sadowski <gillese...@gmail.com > > > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >>> Le sam. 28 sept. 2024 à 00:17, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > a > > >>> écrit : > > >>> > > > >>> > It's pretty unusual IMO, not like anything in the JDK for example. > > >>> > > >>> Agreed. > > >>> > > >>> > I'll see > > >>> > if I can come up with something tomorrow... > > >>> > > >>> How about "PrintDecorator" ? > > >>> > > >>> Gilles > > >>> > > >>> >>> [...] > > >>> > > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/claudewarren > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/claudewarren > > > > > > > > > -- > > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/claudewarren > > > -- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/claudewarren
