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.