Re: [ELPA] New package: multishell

[Ken Manheimer <ken.manheimer@gmail.com>]

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On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Ken Manheimer <ken.manheimer@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I'm about to push a multishell as a new packge in the git.sv.gnu.org:
>
> Thank you!
>

My pleasure!

> One coding wrinkle worth mentioning - I prefixed most of my package's
> > functions with "multishell:"
>
> Please change it to “multishell-”. It will work nicer with the customize
> interface.
>
> > did not prefix the primary function, "pop-to-shell". I see that as
> > the package's exported api. I do not feel strongly bound to this
> > choice, and can be persuaded to also prefix it if someone feels there
> > is good reason to do so.
>
> The current convention is to use multishell-pop-to-shell. This includes
> user stuff (like commands and customization variables) as well as
> programatic stuff that you consider “official api” (like functions that
> other packages can call, or vars that can be configured but aren't
> defcustoms).
>
> In order to differentiate the functions and vars that are NOT
> “exported”, use a double-dash (e.g. `multishell--bracket-asterisks').
> (This is a relatively new convention, which is why a lot of places don't
> use it).
>

Ok - I've done all this, but also changed my version number to 0, in order
to defer release.

This deferral is not due to any of these changes, but rather because I
discovered a change I want to make to the way I organize how remote shells
are expressed, and I need to shake the change out before it's ready. I
don't want anyone to get used to the old syntax, hence the release deferral.

It's been helpful, though, to shake out the release format with your and
other's help - thanks for that! I hope it's not inopportune for me to defer
the actual release after getting the code situated (and I welcome further
suggestions for making multishell a good ELPA citizen).

Ken

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