Brad wrote: > > So Hedgehog is a protein that coordinates cells to develop in a good > way, and vsh is a program that coordinates programs and libraries to > flow together in a good way. > > Whadda you all think? The added advantages are that it has a easy > acronym (hh) and that we can put pictures of hedgehogs on our site > without people taking us away to the mental hospital :-) Jean-Marc Valin wrote: > > I would prefer a name that has a meaning to everybody. Also, it has to reflect > the fact that you can use the software for many applications, from biology to > speech and image processing. I think it would be nice to have the word "flow" in > the name (that's why I chose "Overflow") if possible (but I won't complain too > much if we don't). I think Hedgehog is cute. But being so, it is probably taken :-/ I guess I agree with Jean-Marc that the name should give the prospective user some indication as to what the program does. I get the Hedgehog analogy, but non-biologists would not. I was growing fond of VSh, particularly 'GNU Visual Shell'. I like it for the following reasons: * To say that the program is 'THE' visual shell for GNU is pretentious and presumptuous, and it will garner the attention the program deserves. * 'Visual Shell' and even VSh say exactly what we're the program is: a visual shell! The term is commonly used to describe graphical environments like Gnome, but I could find only one program that used it (in 1984) as a name. You know, but Gnome, KDE, and the stuff Eazel is working on...THAT'S ALL WIN/MAC CRAP! Let's show everyone how a true UNIX *shell* should work! * I *REALLY* want to have the word 'GNU' in the name. That alone will attract attention and tell people that this is free-as-in-speech software. A couple people pointed out to me that we could abbreviate 'GNU Visual Shell' as 'vshgnu' (like the Hindu god Vishnu). It'd be cute, if it isn't offensive to any Hindus ;-) And 'gnu' pronounced as 'new' can indicate that this is the 'New VSh' (the old VSh being from 1984). Cheers. Jeff -- +----------------------------------+ | J.W. Bizzaro | | | | http://bioinformatics.org/~jeff/ | | | | BIOINFORMATICS.ORG | | The Open Lab | | | | http://bioinformatics.org/ | +----------------------------------+