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> From: Yuri D'Elia <wavexx@thregr.org>
> Cc: Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Ergus
>  <spacibba@aol.com>, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>, Emacs
>  developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 19:56:46 +0200
> 
> >> I believe in rulers and graphing these are called major ticks and
> >> minor ticks, respectively.
> 
> It's a brilliant idea IMHO

FWIW, I actually considered it when Juanma asked for better names, but
eventually decided that such names will be too obscure, except for few
initiated people.  I think -M and -N is much easier to understand and
remember.