From: Tianxiang Xiong <tianxiang.xiong@gmail.com>
To: Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Proposal: alias `clear-buffer` to `erase-buffer`
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 11:41:50 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CACMkxiytHUnsKioWyiXK34FPkiD-875V8TEbd9=4RZfBYBwJrw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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The `erase-buffer` function is the only function that "clears" data, but
begins with the word "erase". This makes it difficult to discover for new
users.
The most widely used term seems to be "clear" instead of "erase". See:
- `clear-string`
- `clear-rectangle`
- `clear-abbrev-table`
and more.
`erase-buffer` should be called `clear-buffer`. We can create an alias in
`subr.el` and mark `erase-buffer` as deprecated, though it'll never be safe
to remove due to the amount of code that uses it.
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next reply other threads:[~2017-01-14 19:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-01-14 19:41 Tianxiang Xiong [this message]
2017-01-15 3:02 ` Proposal: alias `clear-buffer` to `erase-buffer` Richard Stallman
2017-01-26 0:45 ` Davis Herring
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[not found] ` <CAFyQvY1UyTbJ0QXZjsCJ=iCk5sP30374xjHAaA7hihSv7v0vGg@mail.gmail.com>
2017-01-29 23:54 ` Kaushal Modi
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