Why "libes"? (was Re: [GRASS5] gis lib: write error function (put_row.c))

[Markus Neteler]

On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 01:36:50AM -0700, Russell Senior wrote:
> >>>>> "Markus" == Markus Neteler <neteler at itc.it> writes:
> 
> Markus> Hi, while having the problem that a disk run out of space
> Markus> while using r.in.gdal, I found that
> 
> Markus> write_error() in src/libes/gis/put_row.c just contains
> Markus> G_warning() and not G_fatal_error().
> 
> I know this may seem trivial, but why does grass use "libes" instead
> of the more common "lib"?  It seems gratuitously different.  Is there
> a reason for the difference?  It "bothers" me aesthetically.

... enjoy the new GRASS 5.1: There the directory is called 'lib/':

http://freegis.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/grass51/

The decision to use 'libes' within GRASS 5.0 was taken in mid 80th (AFAIK).

Cheers

 Markus