# PyGMT v0.8.0 released

**URL:** <https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/pygmt-v0-8-0-released/3577>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [December 31, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/pygmt-v0-8-0-released/3577 "2022-12-31T14:03:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/pygmt-v0-8-0-released/3577/5 "2023-01-02T15:18:24Z")

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> [@yvonnefroehlich](#):
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> **v1.0.0**
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> - Short form aliases (e.g. `R`) will not work if long form aliases (e.g. `region`) are available (SyntaxWarning raised since PyGMT v0.4.0, see [#1316](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/1316))

Hello, first of all I wish us all a happy and healthy 2023.

Now an old opinion that I hesitated to post but here it goes. I think the above decision is a bad one. For new-comers it may not make a difference but for those who already know GMT it will mean that they have to relearn all new names. And while the `R` example is simple remember that GMT has hundreds of options. Main options and sub-options. One thing comfortable in going from GMT CLI into one of the wrappers is that we can (still) tell people: _You already know how to use them, just X=“options” instead of -Xoptions_  
Removing that facility in name of a _Zen_ is a no-win for me.

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