[p4] P4V vs P4Win

[Qazwart]

On Apr 16, 2007, at 2:50 PM, Ken Williams wrote:
> I don't think anyone's mentioned a rather large complaint of mine  
> about P4V:
> it uses different terminology for all its operations than all the  
> other
> perforce tools, and than the perforce documentation & Wingerd  
> book.  For
> instance, you choose "get latest revision" instead of "sync to  
> head", and
> "check out" instead of "open for edit".  I find it maddening to  
> switch back
> & forth.

Ah! Someone finally has mentioned the unmentionable! Why in the heck  
does P4V (and possibly P4win) use terminology that is completely  
different from the Perforce command line. I agree it doesn't make a  
bit of difference which set of terms to use, but use a consistent set  
across the entire product.

It's very confusing to do support when you mention to "Edit" a file  
in one context, but "Check it out" in another context. At least, make  
command line synonyms for the P4V/P4win commands.

Maybe if Perforce created some command line synonyms would help.  
There are already a few, why not add a few more?

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David Weintraub
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