From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: what is the convention for `info' and `Info'? Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:42:55 -0700 Message-ID: References: <2F534BF7BCA34199A6EBCF37A4382914@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1308085125 13452 80.91.229.12 (14 Jun 2011 20:58:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:58:45 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 14 22:58:41 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWah4-0004Dx-DE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:58:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41118 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWah3-0001db-99 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:58:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:60573) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWaS4-0006hY-N1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:43:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWaS3-000120-AY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:43:08 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:18970) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWaS2-00011t-RY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:43:07 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet21.oracle.com (acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id p5EKh3IS020471 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:43:05 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt357.oracle.com (acsmt357.oracle.com [141.146.40.157]) by acsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p5EKh2QY005364 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:43:03 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt020.oracle.com (abhmt020.oracle.com [141.146.116.29]) by acsmt357.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id p5EKgvA9000472 for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:42:57 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.53.1) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:42:56 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <2F534BF7BCA34199A6EBCF37A4382914@us.oracle.com> Thread-Index: AcwnouZbgxZFFh+4SDycCyOO8/BThQDMHNPQ X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6090 X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090206.4DF7C7D9.0058:SCFMA922111,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 148.87.113.121 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:140467 Archived-At: Resending - no response. Can one of the maintainers speak to this? What is the intention/design/convention? > Library info.el has a mix of vars, faces, and functions with > names that begin with `info' or `Info'. What is the convention > here - when to use one or the other? There doesn't seem to be > any rhyme or (non-hysterical) reason. > > There are internal vars and user options that use `Info'. > All defvars except `info-tool-bar-map' use `Info' (53/54). > All defcustoms use `Info'. But all > deffaces (which are also for user customization) use `info'. > > There are commands that use `info' and commands that use > `Info'. Perhaps the intended difference here is commands > within *info* and commands to be used anywhere (?). > Similarly, there are non-interactive functions that use one or > the other. > > This cannot, AFAICT, be helpful to users (or to maintainers, > for that matter).