Re: Another system management tool to disappear.
On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 19:42:20 +0200
Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> wrote:
>Le quartidi 14 fructidor, an CCXXIII, Lisi Reisz a écrit :
>> > What are you talking about? The command to start the shell, or the key
>> > sequence to exit it?
>> Using su to change user.
>
>Then I do not agree with your statement that "machinectl shell" is less
>disability-friendly than su, quite the contrary.
>
>Two-letters commands are a scarce resource, there are only 676 of them
>(assuming you do not want to mix case), and much less of them that look or
>sound like something.
>
>"machinectl shell" is long to type, there is no doubt about, but at that
>cost, it does not pollute the command namespace: you do not type it by
>accident, it does not clutter completion. If you need it infrequently,
>typing all of it is negligible; if you need it frequently, you can use a
>shell alias to make it shorter: alias mcshell="machinectl shell"; if you
>need it very very frequently, you can even decide to give it a single letter
>alias. Entirely your choice.
>
>su, on the other hand, is taking a valuable 1/676 of the completion
>namespace for itself, whether you use it or not, whether you want it or not.
>
>If Poettering had used a short command for his new tool, that would have
>been a valid complaint against it, because anyone can make something they
>use shorter and more accessible, but once something is in the way, it stays
>there.
>
>Regards,
>
To exit the shell created with "machinectl shell", you are instructed
"Press ^] three times within 1s to exit session." That is very
unfriendly for disabled. Not all can hit any key in 1 second. To
specify two keys is even harder. There has never been mention of any
other method to exit this new shell command.
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