Feature Req: exact shortcode from transformation

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stats2019
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Feature Req: exact shortcode from transformation

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Hi,

On windows the shortcode of a transformation is not used exactly. This is confusing and creates additional work e.g. to remove spaces:
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jonathon
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Re: Feature Req: exact shortcode from transformation

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yeah, maybe we should revisit this. if you begin the shortcode with an underscore i think it will get rid of the spaces, but that's not really discoverable:

_INV

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Re: Feature Req: exact shortcode from transformation

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as a general rule, we like spaces because they make things easier to read.
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Re: Feature Req: exact shortcode from transformation

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Hi Jonathon,

agreed, but the user can still write " INV" (with space at the beginning) instead of "INV". And for me, if I want "_" instead of " - " space dash space, could simply use _INV.
I totally agree with you, that spaces make things easier to read - as long variable names make those easier to understand ;-) If, only if the user want's spaces, let him use those, that's ok, but if not, why not attach the postfix to the variable as is?

Olaf
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