From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?windows-1252?Q?Jan_Dj=E4rv?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Rename `eww' to `web' Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 09:56:47 +0200 Message-ID: References: <86wqpdq768.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.5 \(1508\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1372579017 20424 80.91.229.3 (30 Jun 2013 07:56:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 07:56:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Nic Ferrier , Richard Stallman , drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel To: Xue Fuqiao Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 30 09:56:54 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 1UtCVC-0003mI-1E for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Jun 2013 09:56:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57001 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UtCVB-0007Tg-Cb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Jun 2013 03:56:53 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55041) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UtCV8-0007TY-NR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jun 2013 03:56:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UtCV7-0002NO-0G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jun 2013 03:56:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout.melmac.se ([62.20.26.67]:61487) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UtCV6-0002N1-PY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jun 2013 03:56:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mail01.melmac.se (mail01.melmac.se [62.20.26.80]) by mailout.melmac.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2B1898E7 for ; Sun, 30 Jun 2013 09:56:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: (qmail 24185 invoked by uid 89); 30 Jun 2013 07:56:47 -0000 Original-Received: from h-46-59-42-57.na.cust.bahnhof.se (HELO coolsville.localdomain) (boel.djarv@bdtv.se@46.59.42.57) by mail01.melmac.se with ESMTPA; 30 Jun 2013 07:56:47 -0000 Original-Received: from [172.20.199.13] (unknown [172.20.199.13]) by coolsville.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4D64F1A037F; Sun, 30 Jun 2013 07:56:47 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1508) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 62.20.26.67 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:161329 Archived-At: Hello. 30 jun 2013 kl. 01:30 skrev Xue Fuqiao : > On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 4:30 AM, Richard Stallman wrote: >> I already have an HTTP client called web. >>=20 >> So it would be a little unfair to just pinch the name? >>=20 >> Making things easy for users must take priority. >=20 > Well, we can do many things that can make (most) users easy. For > example: >=20 > * Turn on cua-mode by default This user would hate that. > * Add a "redo" command Might be nice. > * Change the terminology of =93kill=94 to =93cut=94, and =93yank=94 to = =93paste=94 But kill is strictly not the same as cut, and yank is not the same as = paste. > * Switch the terminology of =93window=94 and =93frame=94 Should reduce some confusion. > * Change the terminology of =93car=94 to =93first=94, and =93cdr=94 to = =93rest=94 Not sure many users care. Most users don't program lisp. > ... >=20 > But we can't, since many of them will break existing users' > configuration. Although eww doesn't have this problem, I think we > should think twice before "making things easy for users". Also, what is easy for one user is a pain for another. Not all you = suggestions are even obviously easier for a user. Jan D.