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Bug#548288: xserver-xephyr: prefer lowercase commands in /usr/bin



Jari Aalto wrote:
> Package: xserver-xephyr
> Version: 2:1.6.3-1
> Severity: minor
>
>
> It appears that the binary is installed as:
>
>    /usr/bin/Xephyr
>
> SUGGESTION
>
> To launch programs from command line it is a little difficult with
> capital letters. After installation, the user searching the command
> according to package name, would type "xep" + TAB and can not complete
> to name "Xephyr".
>
> If possible, please rename the installed /usr/bin/ command to
>
>    xephyr
>
> See e.g. xbiff(1) xcalc(1) xclock(1) that have "x" in front and use
> lowercase letters, althought they are X-window related. Similarly all
> the graphical modern commands like konqueror(1) and gnome-*(1)
> commands are all in lowercase.
>   

Well, the Xserver itself is called Xorg (and there's a "X" wrapper). And
the other server variants are Xnest, Xfbdev, Xephyr, ... There's even
Xvnc, ... So we would have to change much more than just Xephyr
unfortunately. A symlink maybe...

Brice




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