From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Current mode command discovery Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2021 11:18:22 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87v9aubm96.fsf@gnus.org> <87r1laomak.fsf@gnus.org> <83im6mzpuk.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="2010"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: larsi@gnus.org, Stefan Kangas , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 20 17:19:18 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lDUyU-0000Pt-L5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 17:19:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33986 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lDUyT-0000fT-NC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 11:19:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:47366) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lDUxj-000055-Cn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 11:18:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:9802) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lDUxf-0003f4-Uz; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 11:18:30 -0500 Original-Received: from pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id B16AC8078F; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 11:18:25 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 5DBBE80229; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 11:18:24 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1613837904; bh=Md6hHPZcbQ58Aj/8Pf0WDWSDeI8Jc3A4skXhonVdeDw=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=QaOr352m1iCXsg5yaW1e06KBQ/XqIDklqwXSpb3a5iQodvWpvfsiCpEDCnSgCyOLq menCmXe51WrrbzdF09EDl8gDIdKmefM4OPGUEt6CKJjtz76VSlVaInZu7by+vU5mTo JiBkPBjWTDWKZGCA2SM+9sPgOB5iVYhGDRoUbFxzZmtCqfvxwIlGKzRUhXaQ43SM0x I3phG686x7V1HqCybCDlLn5cXN0xqlIQjaQagMj8Io9a2w3SqnULRIbFuWz32oH5fZ VoOmSi4TluC30wTaUZEpgGpeYgbx3u1XvDjRt99ZaA5c2eHu9B9emetqGA3zeYeNBE 0aF7K+rcF9zzw== Original-Received: from alfajor (unknown [216.154.41.47]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2A7A812027C; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 11:18:24 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <83im6mzpuk.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 20 Feb 2021 18:05:55 +0200") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:265336 Archived-At: >> (BTW, why is `execute-extended-command' not just `execute-command'? > This is explained in the tutorial. I think that just tries to give a mnemonic way to remember the `M-x` binding (and it seems contrived at that, since it could as well be "eXecute a named command"). Stefan "who nevertheless doesn't see the need to rename it"