From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16074: 24.3.50; enhancement request: Remove "pop" from command names & doc for `C-(u|x) C-SPC' Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:47:45 +0200 Message-ID: <87zisc4gku.fsf@gnus.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1461941423 32543 80.91.229.3 (29 Apr 2016 14:50:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:50:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 16074@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 29 16:50:12 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aw9kA-0002ax-I4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:50:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54986 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aw9k6-0005SA-QD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:50:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38041) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aw9iK-0001jX-Rt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:48:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aw9i9-00016K-4B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:48:11 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:43116) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aw9i9-00014x-0l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:48:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1aw9i5-0004AZ-KY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:48:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:48:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16074 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16074-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16074.146194127316010 (code B ref 16074); Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:48:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16074) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Apr 2016 14:47:53 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55453 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1aw9hx-0004AA-AC for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:47:53 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:57023) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1aw9hw-0004A3-Dd for 16074@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:47:52 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.1.64.getinternet.no ([84.215.1.64] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1aw9hp-0001xr-SK; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:47:51 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 6 Dec 2013 07:46:16 -0800 (PST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117191 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > See http://stackoverflow.com/a/20427244/729907. > > The names and doc of the commands bound to `C-u C-SPC' and `C-x C-SPC' > are misleading, in that the commands do not really "pop" the marker > rings. They cycle the rings. Markers are not removed from the rings > by such "popping". > > Emacs uses the verb "cycle" for this kind of behavior elsewhere. The > same terminology should be used here also. We should rename > `pop-global-mark' and rephrase the doc. Heh. I didn't even know that they didn't pop, after all these years. Yes, renaming here seems like a good idea. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no