dbrgn/orochi

Naming of skip / next_mix

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Currently the naming of skip and next_mix commands is inconsistent. Consistent would be next_mix and next_song or skip_song and skip_mix. But that is also longer and more tedious to type.

Another approach would be to use "shortcuts" as aliases for the longer names, e.g. skip -> skip_song and vol -> volume.

Any thoughts on this? @quigybo maybe?

Personally I would choose next_song and next_mix, or maybe even
just next for moving to the next song as it is probably the more
common of the two and is the usual language used in media players.

The length of the commands is IMHO not such as issue as there is tab
completion.

Yes you have tab completions, but because of the common prefixes you need two key hits (n<tab>s<tab>).

What about next_song and next_mix and the following shortcuts:

  • n -> next_song
  • p -> pause
  • s -> status
  • v -> volume

Sounds good to me.