From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-x 2 and C-x 3 Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:27:42 +0200 Message-ID: <4EABD51E.8080000@gmx.at> References: <87wrbs5vsx.fsf@gnu.org> <4EA7D14A.5020902@gmx.at> <87ehxweh6i.fsf@gnu.org> <4EABB670.10503@gmx.at> <877h3oazzb.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1319884080 28145 80.91.229.12 (29 Oct 2011 10:28:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:28:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Johan_Bockg=E5rd?= , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 29 12:27:52 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 1RK68m-0002tX-5d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:27:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44684 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RK68l-0008QM-E5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 06:27:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:42373) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RK68j-0008QH-02 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 06:27:49 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RK68h-00041v-DV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 06:27:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.22]:47049) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RK68h-00041X-0B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 06:27:47 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 29 Oct 2011 10:27:44 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-42-175.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.42.175]) [62.47.42.175] by mail.gmx.net (mp060) with SMTP; 29 Oct 2011 12:27:44 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+lL5MNf1elhx+MmbmqSkraayXtE8PHb5N5VN8/uJ Pkg6XR1rC6i3EZ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) In-Reply-To: <877h3oazzb.fsf@gnu.org> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 213.165.64.22 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:145753 Archived-At: > The split-window terminology is too widely used for this. We have tons > of functions and variables named `split-{height|width}-threshold', > `split-window-sensibly', `split-window', `window-splittable-p', > etc. etc. So I don't think it would be wise to give C-x 2 and C-x 3 > anything other than names of the form split-window-FOO. `split-window' should be renamed to `make-window'. The others relate exclusively to the buffer display functions so the "split-" references are misleading anyway. martin