From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Cc: "João Távora" <joaotavora@gmail.com>, emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Shorthand variable named "elisp-shorthands" seems wrong
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 19:23:54 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mtnytg6t.fsf@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmnheJuQj9+mDLi8vTSqtVBiqK-6FVMyc99o=kH=69k0Fg@mail.gmail.com> (Stefan Kangas's message of "Mon, 27 Sep 2021 03:08:19 -0700")
Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:
> But consider that most current variables matching "^read-" has something
> to do something to do with reading input from the user, IOW more with
> e.g. "read-key" than "read".
That is reasonable. How about `symbol-shorthands', or
`reader-shorthands'? Or, as it is a file-local variable, simply
`file-shorthands'?
Or even just `shorthands'?
Thanks.
> Also, unlike "read-shorthands", "elisp-shorthands" immediately tells
> even the most casual reader that this has something to do with ELisp.
Yes, but when I see a variable prefixed with "elisp-", I assume it is
related to Emacs Lisp editing support.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-27 11:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <87tui6twco.fsf.ref@yahoo.com>
2021-09-27 5:34 ` Shorthand variable named "elisp-shorthands" seems wrong Po Lu
2021-09-27 9:50 ` João Távora
2021-09-27 10:08 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-27 11:23 ` Po Lu [this message]
2021-09-27 11:38 ` João Távora
2021-09-27 11:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-27 11:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-27 12:02 ` Po Lu
2021-09-27 12:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-27 13:05 ` João Távora
2021-09-27 23:45 ` Po Lu
2021-09-28 23:37 ` Richard Stallman
2021-09-28 23:51 ` Po Lu
2021-10-05 13:45 ` João Távora
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