* Proposal: alias `clear-buffer` to `erase-buffer` @ 2017-01-14 19:41 Tianxiang Xiong 2017-01-15 3:02 ` Richard Stallman 2017-01-26 0:45 ` Davis Herring 0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Tianxiang Xiong @ 2017-01-14 19:41 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Emacs developers [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 499 bytes --] 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. [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 683 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Proposal: alias `clear-buffer` to `erase-buffer` 2017-01-14 19:41 Proposal: alias `clear-buffer` to `erase-buffer` Tianxiang Xiong @ 2017-01-15 3:02 ` Richard Stallman 2017-01-26 0:45 ` Davis Herring 1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Richard Stallman @ 2017-01-15 3:02 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Tianxiang Xiong; +Cc: emacs-devel [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] I find it useful that 'erase' completes to this command. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Proposal: alias `clear-buffer` to `erase-buffer` 2017-01-14 19:41 Proposal: alias `clear-buffer` to `erase-buffer` Tianxiang Xiong 2017-01-15 3:02 ` Richard Stallman @ 2017-01-26 0:45 ` Davis Herring [not found] ` <CAFyQvY1Pefa5Ycx-LHnM2m_1ygMMwH_oveGTuj_r+Fc_M=y0Qg@mail.gmail.com> 1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Davis Herring @ 2017-01-26 0:45 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Tianxiang Xiong; +Cc: Emacs developers > - `clear-string` > - `clear-rectangle` I'm not sure the analogy follows: these two replace a container's contents with some sort of blank, but don't change their size to be 0. Davis -- This product is sold by volume, not by mass. If it appears too dense or too sparse, it is because mass-energy conversion has occurred during shipping. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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* Re: Proposal: alias `clear-buffer` to `erase-buffer` [not found] ` <CAFyQvY1UyTbJ0QXZjsCJ=iCk5sP30374xjHAaA7hihSv7v0vGg@mail.gmail.com> @ 2017-01-29 23:54 ` Kaushal Modi 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Kaushal Modi @ 2017-01-29 23:54 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Davis Herring; +Cc: Tianxiang Xiong, Emacs developers [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 283 bytes --] On Jan 25, 2017 7:45 PM, "Davis Herring" <herring@lanl.gov> wrote: - `clear-string` > - `clear-rectangle` > I'm not sure the analogy follows: these two replace a container's contents with some sort of blank, but don't change their size to be 0. +1 erase-buffer makes more sense. [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 978 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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