From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: checkdoc (was: mh-e 6.2 imminent) Date: 05 Nov 2002 13:26:22 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200210210726.g9L7QI1l014171@gbr.newt.com> <200210231948.g9NJmdBG015635@gbr.newt.com> <200210240725.g9O7PKI11467@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200210240928.g9O9Sjs12808@rum.cs.yale.edu> <5x65vsozso.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <20021024144551.GA9747@gnu.org> <5xsmyvolsh.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <5xvg3qyiqp.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <5x7kg4dcr7.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <87elaabbh9.fsf@enberg.org> <87fzukwzwj.fsf@enberg.org> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1036471560 12545 80.91.224.249 (5 Nov 2002 04:46:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 04:46:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, storm@cua.dk, monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu, wohler@newt.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, mh-e-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 188vbA-0003Fp-00 for ; Tue, 05 Nov 2002 05:45:56 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 188vj0-0000PV-00 for ; Tue, 05 Nov 2002 05:54:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 188vaZ-0003zR-00; Mon, 04 Nov 2002 23:45:19 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 188vLU-00016g-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Nov 2002 23:29:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 188vKF-0000Jh-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Nov 2002 23:28:29 -0500 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([210.143.35.52]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 188vKE-0000J7-00; Mon, 04 Nov 2002 23:28:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp ([10.7.69.197]) by TYO202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id gA54Ral24598; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 13:27:36 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mailsv.nec.co.jp (mailgate51.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.196]) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) with ESMTP id gA54RZ811102; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 13:27:35 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.30.114.133]) by mailsv.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV-NEC) with ESMTP id gA54QZd04625; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 13:27:08 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.10.2+Sun/3.7Wlsi_mx_6.0) with ESMTP id gA54QUB05116; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 13:26:31 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 624B636FF; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 13:26:22 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Henrik Enberg System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <87fzukwzwj.fsf@enberg.org> Original-Lines: 16 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:9123 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:9123 Henrik Enberg writes: > > But we don't want to end all of them with `face'. It would be a pain > > in the neck if faces like `italic' and `underline' ended that way. > > Those kinds on names are pretty common when it comes to > typography, but names like font-lock-keyword or diff-added would be > less clear. Well, less clear when you mention them out-of-context, but the point I've been trying to make is that face names are almost always used in a context where their meaning is pretty obvious. [In other words, don't just say `less clear,' say `less clear in such-and-such a circumstance.'] -Miles -- "1971 pickup truck; will trade for guns"