From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: 36922@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36922: [PATCH] Add defalias toolbar-mode for tool-bar-mode
Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2019 23:43:15 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d0gatt7g.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmno+8sG4vycTXVz5jn-YxjQk=-NVUT8p1KzOnX3ekOcWg@mail.gmail.com> (Stefan Kangas's message of "Sun, 8 Sep 2019 21:40:41 +0200")
>> > > I suggest to introduce a new (defalias 'toolbar-mode 'tool-bar-mode) to
>> > > accommodate users who are used to either spelling.
>> >
>> > FWIW, I disagree that we should do this.
>> >
>> > We should pick one name and try to stick with it.
>>
>> I agree that we should try to be consistent.
>>
>> > That's bad enough. Now imagine if we started aliasing
>> > all of those. And toolbar and filename are just the
>> > tip of the iceberg.
>>
>> Right. But I'm not suggesting to alias all of them. I suggest to
>> make an alias only for one common command. There already exists
>> several such convenience aliases in Emacs.
>>
>> I guess one could argue that it's a slippery slope, and I think there
>> is some merit to that. In my opinion, the solution is to be selective
>> about where to add such aliases.
>
> That was one month ago. It would be good if we could clarify what to
> do here: apply my patch or close this as wontfix?
>
> It would be a nice addition for my usage, but I'm not married to the
> idea if no one else likes it.
Oh, the name of the new feature tab-bar was modeled after tool-bar,
so now it should be renamed to tabbar, this doesn't look too nice.
OTOH, there is a tooltip as one word, but in dictionaries it's one word
as well, this is too confusing.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-09-08 20:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-04 17:41 bug#36922: [PATCH] Add defalias toolbar-mode for tool-bar-mode Stefan Kangas
2019-08-05 2:23 ` Drew Adams
2019-08-06 11:38 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-09-08 19:40 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-09-08 20:43 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2019-09-08 20:57 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-09-08 21:58 ` Juri Linkov
2019-09-08 22:16 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-09-09 16:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-09 17:19 ` Stefan Kangas
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