I know I can do it from the dataBound event, but... that seems like a kludge compared to just re-using the existing attributes property code on other objects.
Instead of this:
dataBound: {
$(".k-grid-edit").attr("title", "View/Edit");
}
this:
command: [{ name: "edit", text: "", click: ShowDetails, attributes: {title: "View/Edit"} }], title: "", width: 40