From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 17:28:08 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20040513212808.GA7684@fencepost> References: <874qqwrycm.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> <20040505221256.GB7789@fencepost> <20040508013940.GB6489@fencepost> <871xltf6zb.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1084483822 5718 80.91.224.253 (13 May 2004 21:30:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 21:30:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bob@rattlesnake.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu May 13 23:30:11 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BONmN-0001WM-00 for ; Thu, 13 May 2004 23:30:11 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BONmN-0001K3-00 for ; Thu, 13 May 2004 23:30:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BONlf-00071s-82 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 13 May 2004 17:29:27 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.34) id 1BONl5-00070V-Q8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 May 2004 17:28:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.34) id 1BONkX-0006kM-CA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 May 2004 17:28:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BONkW-0006k3-Ug for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 May 2004 17:28:17 -0400 Original-Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1BONkO-0002Y2-Gs; Thu, 13 May 2004 17:28:08 -0400 Original-To: Richard Stallman Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:23352 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:23352 On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 01:54:20PM -0400, Richard Stallman wrote: > BTW, I think perhaps the name `face-override-alist' is a better > (clearer) name than `face-remapping-alist', especially if it essentially > supports the same syntax as a face property. What do you think? > > Don't we use the term "remapping" for other such features, > such as the keymap feature to remap one command into another command? The one instance I find (via apropos) is: command-remapping Function: Return the remapping for command COMMAND in current keymaps. [`remap' yields the same result.] The reasons I like override better are: (1) Its meaning is pretty obvious, and more visceral. For instance I think if someone didn't know about this feature, and was trying to find out why their faces looked weird, they'd be more likely to chance upon or recognize `override' as being the likely culprit than `remapping'. (2) Remapping does seem more to imply a one-to-one replacement of one face name with another; if indeed the feature allows merging faces, or even un-named face attributes to be used, then I think override fits better. -Miles -- We have met the enemy, and he is us. -- Pogo