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From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Cc: bob@rattlesnake.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org,
	monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 17:28:08 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040513212808.GA7684@fencepost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1BNEyq-0007yJ-5A@fencepost.gnu.org>

On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 01:54:20PM -0400, Richard Stallman wrote:
>     BTW, I think perhaps the name `face-override-alist' is a better
>     (clearer) name than `face-remapping-alist', especially if it essentially
>     supports the same syntax as a face property.  What do you think?
> 
> Don't we use the term "remapping" for other such features,
> such as the keymap feature to remap one command into another command?

The one instance I find (via apropos) is:

   command-remapping
     Function: Return the remapping for command COMMAND in current keymaps.

[`remap' yields the same result.]

The reasons I like override better are:

 (1) Its meaning is pretty obvious, and more visceral.  For instance I think
     if someone didn't know about this feature, and was trying to find out
     why their faces looked weird, they'd be more likely to chance upon or
     recognize `override' as being the likely culprit than `remapping'.

 (2) Remapping does seem more to imply a one-to-one replacement of one face
     name with another; if indeed the feature allows merging faces, or even
     un-named face attributes to be used, then I think override fits better.

-Miles
-- 
We have met the enemy, and he is us.  -- Pogo

  reply	other threads:[~2004-05-13 21:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-05-04 15:44 +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Miles Bader
2004-05-05 20:20 ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Richard Stallman
2004-05-05 22:12   ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Miles Bader
2004-05-06 14:05     ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Stefan Monnier
2004-05-08  1:20       ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Richard Stallman
2004-05-08  1:39         ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Miles Bader
2004-05-09 10:38           ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Richard Stallman
2004-05-09 16:42             ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Stefan Monnier
2004-05-10  0:00               ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Richard Stallman
2004-05-10  0:17                 ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Stefan Monnier
2004-05-10 17:54                   ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Richard Stallman
2004-05-10 18:25                     ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Stefan Monnier
2004-05-10 22:33                       ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Miles Bader
2004-05-10 23:08                         ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Stefan Monnier
2004-05-11  4:47                           ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Miles Bader
2004-05-11 16:30                           ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Kevin Rodgers
2004-05-12  1:30                             ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Miles Bader
2004-05-10  0:42             ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Miles Bader
2004-05-10 17:54               ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Richard Stallman
2004-05-13 21:28                 ` Miles Bader [this message]
2004-05-24  8:04                   ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Kim F. Storm
2004-05-24  8:15 ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Kim F. Storm
2004-05-24  8:48   ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Miles Bader
2004-05-24 10:03     ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Kim F. Storm
2004-05-24 10:24       ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch David Kastrup
2004-05-24 17:35         ` +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Richard Stallman

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