From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Rename `eww' to `web' Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 13:40:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4d7c762e-e32b-484e-bda5-7effc02c6fd3@default> References: <<> > <> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1372538453 27829 80.91.229.3 (29 Jun 2013 20:40:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 20:40:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org, Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 29 22:40:53 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1Ut1ww-0004a0-KP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 22:40:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45385 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ut1ww-0001gA-B2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 16:40:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56717) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ut1wp-0001fe-1e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 16:40:44 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ut1wn-0001xJ-6O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 16:40:42 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:27565) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ut1wm-0001wg-Vc; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 16:40:41 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet21.oracle.com (acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id r5TKYJLA013758 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 29 Jun 2013 20:34:20 GMT Original-Received: from userz7022.oracle.com (userz7022.oracle.com [156.151.31.86]) by acsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r5TKec5a008693 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 29 Jun 2013 20:40:38 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt117.oracle.com (abhmt117.oracle.com [141.146.116.69]) by userz7022.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r5TKebKN004606; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 20:40:38 GMT In-Reply-To: <> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.7 (607090) [OL 12.0.6668.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:161296 Archived-At: > I gnu ewe might say that. > But I nominate ewe. > Web is pedestrian - not so gnu. > There is none gnuer than ewe. >=20 > This is a serious issue of usability. >=20 > There is nothing particularly wrong with "ewe" in a command name, > but it's not a very natural name for a command to browse the web. > Few users, when straining to remember or trying to guess the way > to browse the web in Emacs, will hit on M-x ewe. If it is > M-x web, they will find it easy to remember and to guess. >=20 > We already have M-x browse-url. If eww is a suitable replacement for > that feature perhaps we should make M-x browse-url run eww. >=20 > Or maybe both. M-x emacs-web-explorer (defalias 'ewe 'emacs-web-explorer) ; Pseudonyme pour Mlle Gnu.[*] [*] Yes, it seems the more correct term for a female gnu is "cow", not "ewe" or "doe".