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: Rename `eww' to `web' Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 17:24:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <8738s087wj.fsf@gmail.com> <87bo6mjv4s.fsf@lifelogs.com> <871u7gavwx.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87obaj39sc.fsf@lifelogs.com> <4btxkb7gw7.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87k3l72z81.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1372897464 23446 80.91.229.3 (4 Jul 2013 00:24:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 00:24:24 +0000 (UTC) To: Tim Cross , Emacs developers Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 04 02:24:22 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 1UuXLQ-000199-42 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Jul 2013 02:24:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39377 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UuXLP-0006Bd-Nk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Jul 2013 20:24:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39188) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UuXLI-0006Ax-Ee for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Jul 2013 20:24:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UuXLE-0007sC-0c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Jul 2013 20:24:12 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:22145) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UuXLD-0007qp-OD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Jul 2013 20:24:07 -0400 Original-Received: from ucsinet22.oracle.com (ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id r640HiMg011957 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 4 Jul 2013 00:17:45 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7022.oracle.com (aserz7022.oracle.com [141.146.126.231]) by ucsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r640O45B008637 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 4 Jul 2013 00:24:05 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt110.oracle.com (abhmt110.oracle.com [141.146.116.62]) by aserz7022.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r640O4iT013755; Thu, 4 Jul 2013 00:24:04 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.7 (607090) [OL 12.0.6668.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 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:161496 Archived-At: > make it easier for the user by calling it someting obvious rather > than the more cryptic. Using 'eww' may be considered 'cute', but > it certainly isn't 'natural'. > ... > Using names which are as 'natural' and reflect purpose as much > as possible will help and certainly won't make things worse.=20 +1. There is really little excuse for such names as Emacs commands. A command name should preferably be something that `apropos' can help with. In general it should have components that are recognizable keywords.