From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: toolbar conventions Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:12:39 -0500 Message-ID: <1t7ja04aig.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <19466.1134769009@olgas.newt.com> <200512172022.jBHKMuw15652@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1135055748 18295 80.91.229.2 (20 Dec 2005 05:15:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 05:15:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Luc Teirlinck , wohler@newt.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 20 06:15:39 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EoZq0-0005GN-Ie for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 06:15:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EoZqt-00023E-3M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:15:55 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EoZqi-000237-Oc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:15:44 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EoZqi-00022v-Av for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:15:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EoZqi-00022s-8e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:15:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EoZtm-00083k-8u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:18:54 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EoZnn-0000eJ-MY; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:12:45 -0500 Original-To: rms@gnu.org X-Spook: counter terrorism AFSPC Noriega bank passwd North Korea X-Ran: fE:8r:|b@[%RmNXgaX(1{Iux;n4>3r*y8D2,]/m}jrPXA*A$aH5^p+X,ykJ._T(vw9$VHp X-Hue: cyan X-Attribution: GM Mail-Followup-To: rms@gnu.org, Luc Teirlinck , wohler@newt.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:39:44 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) 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:48078 Archived-At: "Richard M. Stallman" wrote: > original problem, to find some other solution to the original problem, > some other term for "all the things that can appear in a Custom > buffer." > > In January, some people argued for "preference". We could use that. > Or perhaps "setting". What do people think of those? Any other > suggestions? Use "customizable" as a noun. Or make a compound noun, eg custom-item/-object/-setting. If you try and redefine a common term like "setting" to mean "that which can be customized via the Emacs customize facility", eedjits such as myself will never remember the "special Emacs meaning".