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Seth Kenlon is a UNIX geek, free culture advocate, independent multimedia artist, and D&D nerd. He has worked in the film and computing industry, often at the same time. He is one of the maintainers of the Slackware-based multimedia production project Slackermedia.
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Another vote for terminology. I should have made this article a poll!
I like terminology, but I guess I associate it heavily with Enlightenment and haven't installed it on its own lately. I'll remedy that oversight soon.
Thanks for reading!
Yes, the short options are easier to type, but they're less clear when documenting and scripting. Long options are self-descriptive, and knowing them often helps one remember the short options. When documenting, I use long options for clarity, and provide short options as a quick alternative. When scripting, I use long options because it describes the intent of the command.