From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Wiegley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.tangents Subject: Re: The xwidget branch origin story Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 15:21:21 -0800 Message-ID: References: <868u5n6lsi.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1448407296 31643 80.91.229.3 (24 Nov 2015 23:21:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 23:21:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-tangents@gnu.org To: Andy Moreton Original-X-From: emacs-tangents-bounces+get-emacs-tangents=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 25 00:21:30 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: get-emacs-tangents@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 1a1Mtt-0005Sp-AX for get-emacs-tangents@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2015 00:21:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41966 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a1Mtu-0000i8-Cx for get-emacs-tangents@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2015 18:21:30 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52009) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a1Mts-0000i3-Bi for emacs-tangents@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2015 18:21:29 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a1Mtr-0007p2-Jq for emacs-tangents@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2015 18:21:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-vk0-x22f.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400c:c05::22f]:36671) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a1Mtr-0007ox-FT for emacs-tangents@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2015 18:21:27 -0500 Original-Received: by vkay187 with SMTP id y187so23415380vka.3 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2015 15:21:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date:message-id:references :user-agent:mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-type; bh=W7bOcVQcx6YVKE+Gt0TwDz2USrPtvO06InK6HuZNIJM=; b=TMiyYXwwvhmJUhBFOAK/6Ai4XCcZ+p62AHHV1G/+LWAvve2WB94TpKqn84YRdphxdH +SpcRekDeVevn/YNCfpDrVJs3NSSMjkbh68phNNqLBDWcehHuFOjARP0okAopiiLC3Rm xwWK/G4KeS8Jz+VUA0v7QL4adOpKRV+rG1vwnIIbHzt/r9CIdTIs83etI+wyqmV97H41 cF0TeOuK2watysTZCE4TKQvCDpPlOuHmutS23u7oi2jtEAAvRjBbDUSkYftD+9Mde/Uq 27vWS8UQ0joZux0Z81+l+irpXWkoVBOKUMnaUdOLEt2+IMorhsuRMg7eXE4H3zGV2Je3 v2Ug== X-Received: by 10.31.173.79 with SMTP id w76mr28959802vke.64.1448407287044; Tue, 24 Nov 2015 15:21:27 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from Hermes-2.local (mail.johnwiegley.com. [208.82.103.192]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id g5sm16532018vkd.9.2015.11.24.15.21.26 (version=TLS1 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 24 Nov 2015 15:21:26 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Original-From: "John Wiegley" Original-Received: by Hermes-2.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id D616749CCB81; Tue, 24 Nov 2015 15:21:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <868u5n6lsi.fsf@gmail.com> (Andy Moreton's message of "Tue, 24 Nov 2015 23:05:17 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (darwin) Mail-Followup-To: Andy Moreton , emacs-tangents@gnu.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400c:c05::22f X-BeenThere: emacs-tangents@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-tangents-bounces+get-emacs-tangents=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-tangents-bounces+get-emacs-tangents=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.tangents:30 Archived-At: >>>>> Andy Moreton writes: > Emacs already has lisp/widget.el and lisp/wid-edit.el with a set of widget-* > functions used by customize. > Any name using widget will lead to confusion - please try to find a name > that does not clash with an existing feature. Andy makes an excellent point: "widgets" (without clarification) have a precise meaning, so "Emacs widgets" vs. "emacs-widgets" would cause a great deal of confusion. We need another name for these interactive objects that can be inserted into a buffer, whose functionality is not implemented by Emacs itself. Sort of like... hosted components, gadgets? John