Re: new script category?

On Jan 09, Rich Bowen wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Mike McCauley wrote:
> > I have finished a new application script:
> >
> > phone.pl
> >
> > Perl application for handling phone calls with a voice modem and caller id.
> > Recognises and displays inbound caller id calls and optionally
> > looks up names in a
> > KDE Address Book (KAB) database. Logs inbound calls to a flat history file.
> > Optional Tk GUI. Works with any standard caller-id compliant voice modem on
> > any Unix.
> >
> > I respectfully submit a request for a new SCRIPT CATEGORY
> >
> > Device:VoiceModem
> 
> Mike,
> 
> Kurt is the one that can create new categories, and he has been
> exceedingly busy of late with the Perl6 project. However, he tends to go
> with whatever the majority of the folks on the list think is reasonable.
> 
> I personally have little opinion on this. Although I think that 'device'
> is sufficiently generic as to be meaningless to most folk, I think that
> within a certain circle (ie, folks used to Unix) it may have a more
> specific meaning. This is my only concern with the name.

    I agree that the category seems vague, but I honestly have no idea
what a better, more specific category would be.

    Also, all other things being equal, I would prefer `Modem' to
`VoiceModem'.

    - Kurt