Show, display or print - consistency in help

Matthew Revell matthew.revell at canonical.com
Mon Oct 29 17:21:34 GMT 2007


On 29/10/2007, John Arbash Meinel <john at arbash-meinel.com> wrote:


> > At the moment, we use "display", "print" and "show" in the help. I'd
> > like to standardise on one of these.
> >
> > "Display" concerns me because it sounds tied to a monitor, whereas the
> > output can be piped elsewhere.
> >
> > "Print" seems a little anachronistic to me.
> >
> > I prefer "show", because it's short and, I think, works well no matter
> > where the output is piped.
> >
> > Does anyone else have a preference?
> >
>
> I don't really like "print". "Show" also doesn't really work for me when the
> output is redirected (since it is not shown).
>
> "Write to stdout" would be the most technically correct.
>
> I would probably standardize on "Show" nonetheless.

Yeah, although "Show" does suggest a display of some kind, I think
it's less specific than "Display". "Write to stdout" could get a bit
clumsy, I think.

Thanks.

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