From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: joakim@verona.se Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.tangents Subject: Re: The xwidget branch origin story Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 20:19:17 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1448220004 22559 80.91.229.3 (22 Nov 2015 19:20:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 19:20:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: John Wiegley , emacs-tangents@gnu.org, Drew Adams To: Michael Abrahams Original-X-From: emacs-tangents-bounces+get-emacs-tangents=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 22 20:19:53 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 1a0aAw-0005oD-4h for get-emacs-tangents@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2015 20:19:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57164 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0aAw-0000hw-Aq for get-emacs-tangents@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2015 14:19:50 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34292) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0aAt-0000hp-LY for emacs-tangents@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2015 14:19:48 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0aAp-0005Eg-OC for emacs-tangents@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2015 14:19:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.bahnhof.se ([213.80.101.12]:50720) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0aAp-0005Eb-HB for emacs-tangents@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2015 14:19:43 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (mf.bahnhof.se [213.80.101.20]) by mx2-reinject (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01A3F4095F; Sun, 22 Nov 2015 20:19:41 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at bahnhof.se (MF2) Original-Received: from mf2.bahnhof.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mf2.bahnhof.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 971O0eYzghGT; Sun, 22 Nov 2015 20:19:33 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mta.verona.se (h-235-62.a149.priv.bahnhof.se [85.24.235.62]) by mf2.bahnhof.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2C7E9401C8; Sun, 22 Nov 2015 20:19:32 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mta.verona.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 858AB4E43C6; Sun, 22 Nov 2015 19:19:32 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at verona.se Original-Received: from mta.verona.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (exodia.verona.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Wo8l4wsFX99E; Sun, 22 Nov 2015 20:19:17 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from exodia.verona.se (www.verona.se [192.168.200.15]) by mta.verona.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5341C4E36E5; Sun, 22 Nov 2015 20:19:17 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Michael Abrahams's message of "Sun, 22 Nov 2015 12:26:00 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 213.80.101.12 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:22 Archived-At: Michael Abrahams writes: > ewidgets, egtk, gtk-widgets, emacs-widgets, elisp-widgets, elisp-gtk, elisp-gtkw While there is currently only an gtk implementation of xwidgets available, gtk is not supposed to be a hard limitation. Therefore I would like the name to not include gtk. That leaves, from the above suggestions: ewidgets, emacs-widgets, elisp-widgets > > On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 8:56 AM, wrote: > > > John Wiegley writes: > > >>>>>> Drew Adams writes: > > > >> Since `xwidget' is misleading people, and the `x' doesn't help in any way, > >> please just rename it. But we also already have Emacs code concerning > >> widgets, so maybe try to come up with a name that is specific to these > >> particular widgets or their use. > > > > Even ewidgets would be better. > > I can rename the feature and the right time would be now before merging > it to master. > > But since I obviously fail at coming up with good names, I need some > help. John? > > > > > John > > > > -- > Joakim Verona > > -- Joakim Verona