Aliases

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Thu, 01/24/2013 - 04:07 pm

Hello all,

Is there a simple method for creating aliases for operations and functions?

For example, instead of:

appendtograph y2 vs x2

I would like to be able to do:

a2g y2 vs x2

Or, perhaps:

a2t instead of appendtotable</copy> or: <code>mkdir or md instead of newdatafolder

There are workarounds using functions and macros, but options and arguments would have to be parsed and handled on a command by command basis.

Thanks,
Henry
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Is there a simple method for creating aliases for operations and functions?

No, this feature does not exist.

January 24, 2013 at 04:33 pm - Permalink

Sigh. I'll make a post to the Wish List forum.

I am heartened that I got a response in less than half an hour. Thanks, hrodstein!

January 24, 2013 at 05:07 pm - Permalink

In case you don't already know, you can use cd, pwd, and dir which all relate to data folders.

If you really wanted this, you could probably write your own external operations in an XOP that had shorter names but a similar syntax to the built-in operations, but I suspect you could find better uses for your time :)

January 24, 2013 at 06:45 pm - Permalink

You know, it's the tantalizing brevity of cd, pwd, and dir that make me want mkdir, rmdir, rm, cp, and others!

And I knew that someone would bring up XOPs! It's a line that I'm not yet prepared to cross!

:)

January 24, 2013 at 09:00 pm - Permalink