From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: 52237@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52237: 29.0.50; [PATCH] Doubled separators in context-menu-mode
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2021 14:09:50 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3b763b93-0077-c14d-3940-d0c033f5cfb8@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53e0f3fd-d630-a384-c488-27fec72e6386@gmail.com>
On 12/4/2021 12:56 PM, Jim Porter wrote:
> On 12/4/2021 11:50 AM, Juri Linkov wrote:
>> `context-menu-middle-separator' is a function, so it requires the
>> `context-menu-' prefix. It adds the menu item [middle-separator].
>> Since "middle" is an adjective, the word order can't be
>> "separator-middle".
>> But "buffers-separator" doesn't look nicer than `separator-buffers'.
>
> I think `FOO-separator' is the best choice here for the separators
> themselves. `FOO' acts as a noun adjunct[1], modifying the underlying
> object: a separator. For functions that just make a separator, they'd be
> named `MODULE-[FOO-]-separator', with `FOO-' being optional if it would
> be redundant with the module name. So then
> `context-menu-middle-separator' is the right function name, and it adds
> a separator named `middle-separator'.
>
> `buffers-separator' is a bit of an odd phrasing since, as the Wikipedia
> article mentions, "Noun adjuncts were traditionally mostly singular".
> However, I think it's still a bit easier to read that correctly as "the
> separator used to mark the buffers", whereas `separator-buffers' reads
> more like "buffers used to separate things" to me.
>
> Since this should just be a trivial renaming, hopefully we can merge
> that into Emacs 28 so we're not locked into the current names.
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun_adjunct
Ok, filed bug#52286 for this:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2021-12/msg00327.html
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-04 22:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-02 6:06 bug#52237: 29.0.50; [PATCH] Doubled separators in context-menu-mode Jim Porter
2021-12-02 8:24 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-02 17:44 ` Juri Linkov
2021-12-03 4:46 ` bug#52237: 29.0.50; [PATCH 2] " Jim Porter
2021-12-03 16:10 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-05 9:32 ` Juri Linkov
2021-12-05 20:20 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-03 16:08 ` bug#52237: 29.0.50; [PATCH] " Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-04 6:44 ` Jim Porter
2021-12-04 8:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-02 17:31 ` bug#52237: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-12-02 18:09 ` Jim Porter
2021-12-02 18:25 ` bug#52237: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-12-02 18:47 ` Jim Porter
2021-12-04 19:50 ` Juri Linkov
2021-12-04 20:56 ` Jim Porter
2021-12-04 22:09 ` Jim Porter [this message]
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