From: Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 'Eli Zaretskii' <eliz@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: File > Close and File > Save
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:57:51 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47E7892F.5080702@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000001c88d73$e1a82df0$0600a8c0@us.oracle.com>
Drew Adams wrote:
> It's about clarity, not obsessive or even consistent consistency. Revert Buffer
> is clearer than Revert. Save Buffer is clearer than Save. Exit Emacs is clearer
> than Exit. Kill Buffer (or even Close Buffer) is clearer than Close.
>
For new users, it is clearer to use terms that they are familiar with in
the menus, even if we think that the familiar term is oversimplifying
things. We made this decision several versions ago, and going back to
terms that only experienced emacs users understand would be a step
backwards.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-03-24 10:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-03-23 22:42 File > Close and File > Save Drew Adams
2008-03-24 0:13 ` Jason Rumney
2008-03-24 4:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-03-24 5:57 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-24 10:57 ` Jason Rumney [this message]
2008-03-24 16:50 ` David Reitter
2008-03-24 16:59 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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