From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert J. Chassell" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: filesets Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:56:00 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: Reply-To: bob@rattlesnake.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1192971380 5473 80.91.229.12 (21 Oct 2007 12:56:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:56:20 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 21 14:56:18 2007 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 4.50) id 1IjaLp-0001RD-Bc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:56:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IjaLh-0002n0-HS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:56:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IjaLd-0002jt-1f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:56:05 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IjaLc-0002iV-5i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:56:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IjaLb-0002i2-NO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:56:03 -0400 Original-Received: from cpe-69-204-164-144.nycap.res.rr.com ([69.204.164.144] helo=rattlesnake.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IjaLY-00079E-PM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:56:01 -0400 Original-Received: by rattlesnake.com via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.115) Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:56:00 +0000 (UTC) In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:26:32 -0400) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) 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:81362 Archived-At: Since the documentation for `vc-deduce-fileset' says If we're in VC-dired mode, the fileset is the list of marked files. you could remove the word `fileset' and speak only of the list of marked files and refer to such a list in an argument, as does `vc-svn-diff', as files I know that speaking of `the list of marked files' is longer than speaking of `filesets'. That is bad. However, the word `list' has specific meaning in Lisp. It is good to express it. Actually, the argument `files' could be `files-list' which is longer, too, but more helpful to whichever person reads the code in fifteen years. -- Robert J. Chassell GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8 bob@rattlesnake.com bob@gnu.org http://www.rattlesnake.com http://www.teak.cc