[Opensim-dev] Command lines - use of hyphens and verb subject flipping

[R.Gunther]

i agree verb-object is a bit confuseing with typeing compared to verb 
object.
delete-region is for me not really logic, delete region is more clear.

On 2013-08-30 15:32, Ai Austin wrote:
> At 11:00 30/08/2013, opensim-dev-request at lists.berlios.de wrote:
>> I'm still not sure whether verb-object is better (e.g. send 
>> appearance) or object-verb (e.g. appearance send).
>
> I strongly vote for verb object in such computer script languages.
>
> This works well also where there are more than one main parameter too, 
> as that can get confusing otherwise. Its also the way most commands 
> already are.
>
> There are just a few hyphenated commands as you say.  I spotted 
> delete-region and remove-region
>
> command-script is an odd on as really its just run <script> script 
> <script>  or command <script> ? But its one I always seem to get 
> wrong.  Leaving in a few problematic ones with hyphen and non-hyphen 
> versions, but making the help text and documentation give the 
> definitive one to move forward with might be an approach?
>
>
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