From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] timer-list -> list-timers? Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 22:37:05 +0300 Message-ID: <83a81pf9ge.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87zi9u1xx7.fsf@udel.edu> <83vakik2ad.fsf@gnu.org> <874ls21ngq.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> <87poale8vj.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87d16ljqec.fsf@yale.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1505936278 20575 195.159.176.226 (20 Sep 2017 19:37:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 19:37:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: jorge.alfaro-murillo@yale.edu (Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 20 21:37:54 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dukoj-00057h-Df for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2017 21:37:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50348 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dukoq-0001LV-TJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:38:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60247) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dukoA-0001K5-2E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:37:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1duko6-0005jm-Up for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:37:18 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:48253) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1duko6-0005jT-RK; Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:37:14 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3835 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1duko6-0002o8-6k; Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:37:14 -0400 In-reply-to: <87d16ljqec.fsf@yale.edu> (jorge.alfaro-murillo@yale.edu) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:218603 Archived-At: > From: jorge.alfaro-murillo@yale.edu (Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo) > Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 12:17:31 -0400 > > Ted Zlatanov writes: > > > That kind of bugs me about `M-x list-packages' etc. (there's a > > whole bunch of them, like `list-holidays' and so on). Is there > > any rule about when to make an exception to the > > `-function' naming convention? If not, should there be > > one? > > I agree. These functions that don't follow the package naming > convention are always hard to find. Doesn't "M-x apropos" help?