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["Mathieu L." <lejatorn AT smgl.homelinux.net>]

On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 11:17:53AM -0800, Seth Alan Woolley wrote:

That still solves the problem only temporarily because there is no way
to tell that some guy won't release a new app on freshmeat tomorrow
called enthrall as well.
That's why even considering the coolness factor I think we should not
care wether the name is already taken or not and we should have stuck
with bless or rename it to smgl-bless if we really have to.

just my 2 cents.

Mathieu.

> Prefixing the name reduces the "coolness factor".
> 
> I don't call Joe at work "work-Joe", unless of course there is a 
> "friend-Joe" who is not the same as "work-Joe".  Then it depends upon 
> context ;).
> 
> I like enthrall, too.
> 
> On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 09:11:39AM -0500, Paul Mahon wrote:
> > I would suggest just calling it smgl-bless. And naming other optional
> > smgl related scripts similarly. Then we don't have to worry about future
> > name clashes and things which are smgl specific are clearly named as
> > such.
> > 
> > On Mon, 2005-07-02 at 10:55 -0800, Andrew wrote:
> > > 
> > > I like enthrall.
> > > 
> > > -Andrew
> > > 
> > > On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 10:10:49PM +0100, Karsten Behrmann wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Hmm, maybe something along the lines of
> > > > quest, seeker, recruiter:
> > > > wanders the endless realms of the installed spells and attempts to 
> > > > gather
> > > > them into menus
> > > > 
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Unfortunately there has been a release of another app called bless.
> > > > > This bless is a hex editor (the spell should hit the test/devel 
> > > > > grimoire soon).
> > > > > As the bless I was writing (the menu generator) isn't released yet 
> > > > > I'm looking
> > > > > for a new name. Ruskie suggested the following name: Enthrall.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Enthrall - If you have the attention of a group of creatures (i.e. 
> > > > > desktop
> > > > >                files), you can use this spell to hold them 
> > > > > spellbound (i.e. in a menu)
> > > > > 
> > > > > Seems a good name to me, any other suggestions?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Arjan

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