From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Rename `eww' to `web' Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 17:29:34 +0900 Message-ID: <871u7gavwx.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <8738s087wj.fsf@gmail.com> <87bo6mjv4s.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1372840185 6704 80.91.229.3 (3 Jul 2013 08:29:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 08:29:45 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 03 10:29:45 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 1UuIRa-0003dJ-PI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Jul 2013 10:29:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46734 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UuIRa-00028y-2e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Jul 2013 04:29:42 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53143) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UuIRX-00028F-5h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Jul 2013 04:29:40 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UuIRV-0001LM-Fo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Jul 2013 04:29:39 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp01.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.71]:43602) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UuIRV-0001Ki-6B; Wed, 03 Jul 2013 04:29:37 -0400 Original-Received: from 218.231.149.135.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.149.135] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp01.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) (envelope-from ) id 1UuIRS-0008G5-VA; Wed, 03 Jul 2013 17:29:35 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 173CFE039; Wed, 3 Jul 2013 17:29:34 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <87bo6mjv4s.fsf@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Mon, 01 Jul 2013 08:57:07 -0400") Original-Lines: 20 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-GOL-Spam-Score: -1.0 X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 203.216.5.71 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:161455 Archived-At: Ted Zlatanov writes: > RS> Web browsing may be important enough to justify a toolbar icon. > RS> But the command name should be natural too. Ideally a command > RS> should have the name you would guess it has (if you didn't know). > > If the goal is to improve usability, forget command names. Er, what? This is Emacs. M-x is important, and lots of people use it. This is especially true for something like this browser, which I expect people will only use occasionally (most people will have a standard web browser available most of the time) A defalias is trivial and works well anyway, so there's no reason _not_ to have it... -miles -- Non-combatant, n. A dead Quaker.