From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: set-temporary-overlay-map seems poorly named Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 08:36:37 +0800 Message-ID: <87sitl3ene.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87k3eysqni.fsf@gnu.org> <83ob4aa9th.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1387672612 9936 80.91.229.3 (22 Dec 2013 00:36:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 00:36:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 22 01:36:58 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 1VuX2P-0000Bx-B1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Dec 2013 01:36:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56158 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VuX2O-0000kF-MW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Dec 2013 19:36:56 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60504) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VuX2G-0000jy-JJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Dec 2013 19:36:53 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VuX2B-0004v8-1z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Dec 2013 19:36:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pb0-x235.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c01::235]:42724) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VuX2A-0004v2-RO; Sat, 21 Dec 2013 19:36:42 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pb0-f53.google.com with SMTP id ma3so4029203pbc.40 for ; Sat, 21 Dec 2013 16:36:41 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=mVrDbDPFMOnVzSPjxw/XlETbfqL1nDJm5RuA2VUgAW0=; b=M9zDL67V3zRWDKqZT0RZ47Xi5EU2ltBd0sSMZZRpsLvTkDdnZ0ZW8udGWvS940moji Y+feeoK1GP634Km0EwBs6t+eM3aGE9Ab7UyXq4QuOohgofCscvtGCOYawtE15FOuGMIx H9Vh51aZfjr7CHDa22fSJTrq1QW4AA4T3PeE+dDw40aJxmfiXAfWNF/sQWueyRw/ThQJ ZjZGvB7nTrXmSsGjcCxuxiexCOvsQ7KKRjY/OrOjfDQDK6L/H8zKj3V7MNdEoYjpz6d3 vHXlg8bIgOHH0+oxY19m+iNzO+3x5x5SZughTdKqeDI7nDqTorhhJYZyfKDkqVSjRAdz DFSQ== X-Received: by 10.66.7.68 with SMTP id h4mr17670103paa.0.1387672601196; Sat, 21 Dec 2013 16:36:41 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from tsparkle (cm233.delta179.maxonline.com.sg. [59.189.179.233]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id oc9sm23963174pbb.10.2013.12.21.16.36.39 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 21 Dec 2013 16:36:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <83ob4aa9th.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 21 Dec 2013 10:26:50 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c01::235 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:166716 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> This function, new in Emacs 24.4, seems to have nothing to do with >> overlays in the usual Emacs sense. So it's a bad name. >> >> How about renaming it to `set-transient-keymap'? > > 'set-temporary-overriding-map', perhaps? This might be confusing, since overriding-local-map takes precedence over the temporary map. The reason I think "transient" is a good term to use is that we already use that word in Emacs in `transient-mode-map' to mean the same sort of behavior: a mode of operation which features disappears after doing something, returning you to the previous behavior. (We also use the word "electric" similarly, but that is a lot more cryptic.)