760819 - Add an "alias" command to GCLI

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 731606

(DevTools Graveyard :: Graphic Commandline and Toolbar, defect, P3)

Description

[Mihai Sucan [:msucan]]

It would be useful to have a command as follows:

  alias add <new-alias-name> <command> [arguments]
  alias delete <alias-name>

If people use commands with complicated arguments they can just alias them.

(this is different from bug 731606)

Comment 1

[Joe Walker [:jwalker]]

Thanks for the suggestion.

Comment 2

[Mike Ratcliffe [:miker] [:mratcliffe] [:mikeratcliffe]]

Filter on teabags

Comment 3

[Mike Ratcliffe [:miker] [:mratcliffe] [:mikeratcliffe]]

I have been asked when we are implementing this more often than any other command. We don't need to worry about autocomplete here, we simply need to make it possible to add e.g. s as an alias for dbg step in.

I will implement:
alias create <alias> <command>
alias delete <alias>

Comment 4

[Mike Ratcliffe [:miker] [:mratcliffe] [:mikeratcliffe]]

I will use Mihai's suggestions

Comment 5

[Mike Ratcliffe [:miker] [:mratcliffe] [:mikeratcliffe]]

Attachment: Patch WIP

So, we have the following:
- alias add <name> <value>
- alias delete <name>
- alias list

The "only" thing we have left to do here is to allow the aliases to execute as a command. Joe wants us to hack on this together somewhere when he has time.

Comment 6

[Joe Walker [:jwalker]]

New component triage. Filter on "Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce"