From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: "64185@debbugs.gnu.org" <64185@debbugs.gnu.org>,
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
"me@eshelyaron.com" <me@eshelyaron.com>,
"zkanfer@gmail.com" <zkanfer@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#64185: proposal for new function: copy-line
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 21:29:32 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86legbwdtf.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SJ0PR10MB5488F9BAEB51AC8F9B9B374FF322A@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Thu, 22 Jun 2023 18:13:42 +0000")
>> > +(defcustom duplicate-line-pos 0
>> > + "Where to put point after copying the line.
>>
>> A better name for this would be duplicate-line-final-position or maybe
>> duplicate-line-point-position.
>>
>> Also, please mention this variable in NEWS, where duplicate-line is
>> announced.
>
> FWIW -
>
> Point is the cursor position. So I'd suggest
> just "point" (or "cursor-position", if you
> like), and not "point-position".
>
> We do use `pos' in various names to mean a
> buffer position, but in those cases it
> doesn't stand for point (the cursor position).
> So I agree that `pos' shouldn't be used here.
In the patch a new position is counted by lines,
so maybe a better name would be 'duplicate-line-final-line'.
But this double "line-line" doesn't look nice.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-22 18:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-06-20 5:07 bug#64185: proposal for new function: copy-line Zachary Kanfer
2023-06-20 6:15 ` Eshel Yaron via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-06-20 11:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-22 3:33 ` Zachary Kanfer
2023-06-22 5:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-22 6:57 ` Juri Linkov
2023-06-22 16:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-22 17:27 ` Juri Linkov
2023-06-22 17:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-22 18:13 ` Drew Adams
2023-06-22 18:29 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2023-06-22 18:42 ` Drew Adams
2023-06-22 18:52 ` Juri Linkov
2023-06-22 19:05 ` Drew Adams
2023-06-22 18:17 ` Juri Linkov
2023-06-22 18:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-23 5:46 ` Zachary Kanfer
2023-06-23 5:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-23 7:08 ` Robert Pluim
2023-06-23 7:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-23 9:01 ` Robert Pluim
2023-06-23 16:46 ` Juri Linkov
2023-06-23 9:07 ` Mattias Engdegård
2023-06-23 10:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-23 10:50 ` Mattias Engdegård
2023-06-23 11:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-23 16:45 ` Juri Linkov
2023-06-24 11:29 ` Mattias Engdegård
2023-06-25 17:24 ` Juri Linkov
2023-06-25 19:46 ` Mattias Engdegård
2023-06-26 17:37 ` Juri Linkov
2023-06-26 17:56 ` Drew Adams
2023-06-26 18:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-27 15:35 ` Mattias Engdegård
2023-06-27 18:28 ` Juri Linkov
2023-06-28 13:17 ` Mattias Engdegård
2023-06-28 17:42 ` Juri Linkov
2023-06-28 18:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-29 7:13 ` Juri Linkov
2023-06-30 17:13 ` Mattias Engdegård
2023-06-30 19:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-01 8:45 ` Mattias Engdegård
2023-07-01 9:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-01 10:07 ` Mattias Engdegård
2023-07-01 10:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-01 10:33 ` Mattias Engdegård
2023-06-25 3:45 ` Zachary Kanfer
2023-06-25 17:19 ` Juri Linkov
[not found] ` <CAFXT+RPRwpZgfPKsyz22+-v6vy7RJwyuwaOEkmunc2MAMSoqZA@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <86h6qut970.fsf@mail.linkov.net>
2023-06-26 19:18 ` Zachary Kanfer
2023-06-27 2:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
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