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   Nuno Silva to All   
   Granularity of programs (was: Re: Perl q   
   14 Jan 26 23:51:17   
   
   From: nunojsilva@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-14, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > I see that ImageMagick is now moving to prefix all its commands as   
   > subcommands of a common “magick” command. I guess reducing pollution   
   > of the global command-name space is, in general, a Good Thing ...   
      
   Would make more sense to have a common prefix, given that at least some   
   of the platforms where it gets installed *are* designed around the   
   concept of utilities.   
      
   Even, conceptually, things like a separate online manual page for each   
   utility as opposed to having everything in a single page, or having to   
   split it over several pages that have subnames.   
      
   (Didn't ffmpeg's situation regarding the online manual get discussed   
   here some months ago?)   
      
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