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From: "Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/emacs@RUM.cs.yale.edu>
Cc: monnier+gnu.emacs.bug/news/@RUM.cs.yale.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org,
	acm@muc.de
Subject: Re: Proposal to make font-locking easier to understand
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 17:25:01 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200202192225.g1JMP1e18069@rum.cs.yale.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 200202192132.g1JLW2V13292@aztec.santafe.edu

>     I agree that the names aren't very enlightening, but I think it's a bit
>     late to change them.
> Why do you think so?  Few people know this terminology anyway,
> so it seems to me we have little to lose by changing it.

I doubt we'll be able to find names that are better enough
to justify the hassle of changing them.  But that's only
my hunch: I won't oppose a change just for the sake of it.


	Stefan


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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <chfl4a.p5.ln@acm.acm>
     [not found] ` <5lit8utokh.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu>
2002-02-19 21:32   ` Proposal to make font-locking easier to understand Richard Stallman
2002-02-19 22:25     ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2002-02-22  4:30       ` Richard Stallman
2002-02-22 16:06         ` Stefan Monnier

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