From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs learning curve Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:35:14 +0200 Message-ID: References: <10954D02-E217-49F3-8824-757DA34074AB@gmail.com> <83zkxzakr0.fsf@gnu.org> <83pqyva8ms.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1280781348 32417 80.91.229.12 (2 Aug 2010 20:35:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 20:35:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Eli Zaretskii' , 'Tom' , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 02 22:35:45 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Og1jY-0008VW-6u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:35:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40717 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Og1jW-0004uF-Ty for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:35:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=55002 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Og1jM-0004tP-Ur for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:35:30 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Og1jM-0002bl-4Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:35:29 -0400 Original-Received: from impaqm2.telefonica.net ([213.4.138.2]:25515) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Og1jL-0002bM-Pk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:35:28 -0400 Original-Received: from IMPmailhost4.adm.correo ([10.20.102.125]) by IMPaqm2.telefonica.net with bizsmtp id pWUa1e01G2iL0W23MYbF9b; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:35:15 +0200 Original-Received: from ceviche.home ([83.61.38.247]) by IMPmailhost4.adm.correo with BIZ IMP id pYbE1e00E5KwfZf1kYbF9c; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:35:15 +0200 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-TE-authinfo: authemail="monnier$movistar.es" |auth_email="monnier@movistar.es" X-TE-AcuTerraCos: auth_cuTerraCos="cosuitnetc01" Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 6476666125; Mon, 2 Aug 2010 22:35:14 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 2 Aug 2010 07:16:49 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:128161 Archived-At: > It is better to have different names from the common, whether the > Emacs name is "kill" or "froobarb". Of course, using completely unique names has some advantages, but I think this would qualify as a rationalization. > Emacs kill is not the same as cut, etc. but it is sufficiently similar > that using the same name will cause confusion and frustration. Humans (and Emacs users are no exceptions) deal with such problems all the time. It's a complete non-issue. Stefan