From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: what is the convention for `info' and `Info'? Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:16:29 -0700 Message-ID: <2F534BF7BCA34199A6EBCF37A4382914@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1307733995 4350 80.91.229.12 (10 Jun 2011 19:26:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:26:35 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 10 21:26:32 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QV7Lj-0002iE-6n for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:26:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35114 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QV7Li-00067y-6U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:26:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:48063) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QV7CE-0004V2-81 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:16:43 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QV7CC-0006jN-G6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:16:41 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:61451) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QV7CB-0006j9-US for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:16:40 -0400 Original-Received: from rtcsinet22.oracle.com (rtcsinet22.oracle.com [66.248.204.30]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id p5AJGaUd008828 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:16:38 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt356.oracle.com (acsmt356.oracle.com [141.146.40.156]) by rtcsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p5AJGY5J006930 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:16:35 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt017.oracle.com (abhmt017.oracle.com [141.146.116.26]) by acsmt356.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id p5AJGTg1011685 for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:16:29 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.60.68) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:16:29 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcwnouZbgxZFFh+4SDycCyOO8/BThQ== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6090 X-Source-IP: rtcsinet22.oracle.com [66.248.204.30] X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090204.4DF26D96.0048:SCFSTAT5015188,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 148.87.113.121 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:140349 Archived-At: Library info.el has a mix of vars, faces, and functions with names that begin with `info' or `Info'. What is the convention here - when to use one or the other? There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or (non-hysterical) reason. There are internal vars and user options that use `Info'. All defvars except `info-tool-bar-map' use `Info' (53/54). All defcustoms use `Info'. But all deffaces (which are also for user customization) use `info'. There are commands that use `info' and commands that use `Info'. Perhaps the intended difference here is commands within *info* and commands to be used anywhere (?). Similarly, there are non-interactive functions that use one or the other. This cannot, AFAICT, be helpful to users (or to maintainers, for that matter).