[Therion] Is point station -station an alias for point station -name

[Olly Betts]

On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 08:13:33AM +1200, bruce at tomo.co.nz wrote:
> Is -station a legitimate alias for -name in this circumstance?  Or is it an
> 'accidental' alias?

They're explicitly aliased in the code - thpoint.h has:

    /**
     * point command options parsing table.
     */
     
    static const thstok thtt_point_opt[] = {
[...]
      {"name", TT_POINT_STATION},
[...]
      {"station", TT_POINT_STATION},
[...]
    };

Looks like "station" was added here in 2007 by a commit only described as
"snapshot 20070525".

> Only noticed because Therion Studio highlighted it as an anomaly.  I didn't
> find anything suggesting this is an intended alias in the Therion Book, but
> only had a quick look.

I can't see it in the manual either.

Cheers,
    Olly