[GRASS-user] a few suggestions and questions

[Craig Leat]

Philipp Steigenberger wrote:
 > Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:38:24 +0100
 > From: Philipp Steigenberger <userlist at online.de>
 > Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] a few suggestions and questions
 > To: "Carlos \"Gu?no\" Grohmann" <carlos.grohmann at gmail.com>
 > Cc: grass-user at lists.osgeo.org
 > Carlos "Guâno" Grohmann schrieb:
 >> > Hello all
 >> >
 >> > first I'd like to make a few suggestions to enhance (IMO) our 
favorite GIS:
 >> >
 >> > - normalize the options in all modules. I noticed that while most
 >> > commands take "--overwrite", some (r.neighbors) use "-o"
 > I guess the problem is, that there are to many modules an it my be a 
lot of work to change them. Also "old" users are used to take the right 
option for the particular module. Another problem. Where to start? Some 
users have vers 6.2.3 others 6.3 svn others 6.3 rc5. If you change the 
manuals in the wiki all will be confused a little more, first of all the 
newbies. And finally there are also some parameters to be normalized. 
i.e most times you have >output< for output. but sometimes >out< or 
 >elev< or >elevation<. So where to start and who will do?


Hi

Abbreviated options are optional not mandatory. Please see:
http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/Module_command_line_parser#Command_line_parser

IOW (elevation / elev / e) are all acceptable.

Regards

Craig