improve names of executables and mention them in the readme

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#160 opened on Dec 19, 2016 7 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 3/5
Estimated time: 1-2 days
Newbie friendliness: 35/100

Issue type: Refactor
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: cpp
Domain: build-system, documentation

Research direction

Start by reviewing the README files and the executable names exposed through shell completion, including examples_rclcpp_minimal_client_main. Inventory the current names and decide which naming changes are in scope. Done means the executable names are consistent and all relevant executables are mentioned in the README files.

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Description

documentation

Currently the names are only discoverable by using the shell completion if you know that they start with examples_rclcpp_minimal_. They are not mentioned anywhere in the README files.

Also why having the suffix _main for examples_rclcpp_minimal_client_main?

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