names of programs

   If I am misinformed about this then I apologize in advance.  What I hear is 
that GraphicsMagick intends to use "convert", "display", etc. for the GM 
equivalents of these ImageMagick programs.  After nearly 40 years in the 
business of contributing software to computer communities and helping people 
get started, I can only urge that some other choice be made.  "gmconvert", or 
something.  Otherwise it just confuses people, plus it's a loss-of-information 
kind of like giving copied files today's date, that invariably ends up creating 
problems for everyone.  Since both are evolving software with differing 
capabilities and features there will be reasons to have both packages 
installed, which means making up ones own aliases, and from there everything 
starts going to hell.  And there will be new users who did not explicitly 
install the software and are still pretty confused about nearly everything who 
will have no idea which "convert" they are seeking help with.  Etc., etc.
   As I said, if I am misinformed, my apologies for taking up the space, but I 
think it's an important question.
   Jim


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