From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mathias Dahl Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Rename `eww' to `web' Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 23:08:51 +0200 Message-ID: References: <8738s087wj.fsf@gmail.com> <87bo6mjv4s.fsf@lifelogs.com> <871u7gavwx.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87obaj39sc.fsf@lifelogs.com> <4btxkb7gw7.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87k3l72z81.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87obaixhkr.fsf@informatimago.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0149338460030d04e0b5fd94 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1372972812 27020 80.91.229.3 (4 Jul 2013 21:20:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 21:20:12 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 04 23:20:13 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 1Uuqwj-0005a0-Rp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Jul 2013 23:20:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60204 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uuqwj-0002QC-DY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Jul 2013 17:20:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60329) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uuqwf-0002O5-VL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Jul 2013 17:20:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uuqwe-00076c-2l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Jul 2013 17:20:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-we0-x232.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c03::232]:42759) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uuqm8-00046l-Ej for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Jul 2013 17:09:12 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-we0-f178.google.com with SMTP id u53so1416368wes.23 for ; Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:09:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=QIPtdtgmZ/2/ceygRWPq61/cvTBiQbCHXMWZ+vYomRI=; b=ED97cv3YgC6rmfcyUQ4CQMfOELwWMTaJAtFBYEIRHp0qMcreLshicksEcGw2K3iIvc WacOJgWM3ba3BcY3pXab9e8KsPEcSBssU2MCgtvBYotWGHoBaahgLhI78a3hhvULIKW+ 6GhwvPGIlSnCnabKRYrNcdw9Gs6ndxE4bnzSa+lGbRVcATv0PUiDPA6WwxckjJf6UjLt d+G/3EQiX0vzK5musAiCJL5HSf6sCV8Ql1bygcjfvK9o1ROLF2vLs9gylLDV/0T7Prwf 8tMgySqhbxAmcIauTga+ONYoEbPtAXcqOfpOthPgrXdfjEF4HVfBaxHhKwiEDp2Z7s21 3wlw== X-Received: by 10.194.239.225 with SMTP id vv1mr4486734wjc.63.1372972151470; Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:09:11 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.194.10.131 with HTTP; Thu, 4 Jul 2013 14:08:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87obaixhkr.fsf@informatimago.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c03::232 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:161538 Archived-At: --089e0149338460030d04e0b5fd94 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi all, It's interesting to see how much one can discuss around a name... ;) When my `tumme' (now `image-dired') package was added to Emacs many moons ago, the question about its name came up. Since I was the author and the one who had picked the name ("tumme" means thumb, in Swedish, so it was a good name for a package aimed at working with image thumbnails), and it also had been used by people for a while, I felt... something (a small disturbance in the force, maybe)... when the name change came up. However, the arguments back then was about the same as now; it is beneficial if users can find commands by guessing and it was reasonable to assume that someone might try typing "image" to see what nice commands there might exist for working with images. Also, since I was glad/proud that someone asked if this could be included in Emacs, my favorite piece of software, it was a small thing to change the name. And, I see now, the name "tumme" is still there in the form of an alias for one of the commands in the package. So, that was my little insignificant story... /Mathias --089e0149338460030d04e0b5fd94 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi all,

It= 's interesting to see how much one can discuss around a name... ;)

When my `tumme' (now `image-dired'= ) package was added to Emacs many moons ago, the question about its name ca= me up. Since I was the author and the one who had picked the name ("tu= mme" means thumb, in Swedish, so it was a good name for a package aime= d at working with image thumbnails), and it also had been used by people fo= r a while, I felt... something (a small disturbance in the force, maybe)...= when the name change came up.=A0

However, the arguments back then was about = the same as now; it is beneficial if users can find commands by guessing an= d it was reasonable to assume that someone might try typing "image&quo= t; to see what nice commands there might exist for working with images. Als= o, since I was glad/proud that someone asked if this could be included in E= macs, my favorite piece of software, it was a small thing to change the nam= e. And, I see now, the name "tumme" is still there in the form of= an alias for one of the commands in the package.

So, that was my little insignificant story.= ..

/Mathias

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