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Re: Pokemonsay: Pokemon Version of Cowsay

#21

I find it curious how programmers are so poor at naming their projects. This could've easily been named pokésay. That said, it's a cool project!

The way you phrased this makes it seem like you aren't a programmer and are looking in from outside of the programming world. On another note: a less condescending way of conveying the same message would have been "Cool project. Pokésay would have been a great name instead of Pokemonsay."

Imagine being this sensitive on the internet

Re: Pokemonsay: Pokemon Version of Cowsay

#22
post #18

Probably a bit of a silly question, but are the new Pokemon from Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon and GO/Let'a Go Pikachu/Eevee going to be added to this? Because the former added Zeraora as well as Poipole, Naganadel, Stakataka and Blacephalon (along with new Necrozma forms), whereas the latter added Meltan and Melmetal. Would be nice to see them added for completeness sake, though it raises the question of how 'complete' these…

Try building it and see which mons are included. I guess you can always publish your own version on NPM when the details for each new generation are available!

For Necrozma, its extra forms don't have pokédex entries so this tool doesn't scrape them from Bulbapedia.

Re: Pokemonsay: Pokemon Version of Cowsay

#23
post #11

I find it curious how programmers are so poor at naming their projects. This could've easily been named pokésay. That said, it's a cool project!

>This could've easily been named pokésay Not for users with a US keyboard

pokAlt+(numpad)0233say

Re: Pokemonsay: Pokemon Version of Cowsay

#27

I find it curious how programmers are so poor at naming their projects. This could've easily been named pokésay. That said, it's a cool project!

The way you phrased this makes it seem like you aren't a programmer and are looking in from outside of the programming world. On another note: a less condescending way of conveying the same message would have been "Cool project. Pokésay would have been a great name instead of Pokemonsay."

I... am a programmer. And I'm terrible at naming too, usually. It was just a light-hearted comment.

Re: Pokemonsay: Pokemon Version of Cowsay

#28
post #11

I find it curious how programmers are so poor at naming their projects. This could've easily been named pokésay. That said, it's a cool project!

>This could've easily been named pokésay Not for users with a US keyboard

> Not for users with a US keyboard

Install a proper keymap.

Re: Pokemonsay: Pokemon Version of Cowsay

#29

I find it curious how programmers are so poor at naming their projects. This could've easily been named pokésay. That said, it's a cool project!

Then you’d have to either write the accent on the e (which is not user friendly) or name it “pokesay” which could me confusing (as in poking someone). I think this is a good utility name.

> (which is not user friendly)

For the pityful group of users who use the default US keymap.

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