Feature - Rejected maximizer - alias max for maximize

[Chef_Rannos]

Would anyone else think it'd be helpful to alias 'max' for 'maximize'? For some reason, even though I know it doesn't work, I sometimes type 'max hp' or 'max adv' in the CLI.

 

[roippi]

You can alias whatever you want at the gCLI with the "alias" command.

> alias max => maximize

 

[jasonharper]

Nothing is keeping you from doing alias max => maximize right now. Adding it as a built-in alias at this point would likely cause problems for people who already have a 'max' alias that expands to more than just 'maximize'.

 

[Bale]

Adding it as a built-in alias at this point would likely cause problems for people who already have a 'max' alias that expands to more than just 'maximize'.

This!!

 

[Chef_Rannos]

You can alias whatever you want at the gCLI with the "alias" command.

> alias max => maximize

Nice, I didn't know there was an alias function!

Thanks,

 

[Bale]

Nice, I didn't know there was an alias function!

Then you're really going to love THIS thread.

 

[xKiv]

Nothing is keeping you from doing alias max => maximize

Except you shouldn't do it like that, because it will expand the first max on any cli command.

> echo max 1 initiative 1000 max

maximize 1 initiative 1000 max

> echo maximize 1 initiative 1000 max

maximize 1 initiative 1000 maximize

(obviously, the second one doesn't work - but it will break any scripts that maximize anything with "max" in it if they call maximize by any name other than max, and it will also break any ASH scripts that call maximize() with "max" in the string)

Instead, use

alias max => maximize %%

That will only expand at the beginning of a line. It's safer. It will protect you from unexpected action-at-distance.