From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: checkdoc (was: mh-e 6.2 imminent) Date: 28 Oct 2002 22:53:15 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <5xk7k2qlh0.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> References: <200210210726.g9L7QI1l014171@gbr.newt.com> <200210231948.g9NJmdBG015635@gbr.newt.com> <200210240725.g9O7PKI11467@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200210240928.g9O9Sjs12808@rum.cs.yale.edu> <5x65vsozso.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <20021024144551.GA9747@gnu.org> <5xsmyvolsh.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <5xvg3qyiqp.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <5x7kg4dcr7.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <87elaabbh9.fsf@enberg.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035838494 26949 80.91.224.249 (28 Oct 2002 20:54:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 20:54:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, miles@gnu.org, monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu, miles@lsi.nec.co.jp, wohler@newt.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, mh-e-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 186GuQ-000708-00 for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 21:54:50 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 186Gyi-0008SE-00 for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 21:59:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 186Gtx-0006v7-00; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 15:54:21 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 186Gt0-0005xL-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 15:53:22 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 186Gsx-0005wz-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 15:53:22 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.filanet.dk ([195.215.206.179]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 186Gsw-0005ws-00; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 15:53:19 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs2.cua.dk.cua.dk (unknown [10.1.82.3]) by mail.filanet.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id A55387C018; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 20:53:15 +0000 (GMT) Original-To: Henrik Enberg In-Reply-To: <87elaabbh9.fsf@enberg.org> Original-Lines: 22 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:8856 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:8856 Henrik Enberg writes: > Richard Stallman writes: > > > One interesting question is, are there cases where ending a face name > > with -face is actually beneficial? What do people think? > > I think it's pretty natural to end them with -face. For one thing, it > makes it easy to look up with apropos. And take something like > `font-lock-keyword-face', what would be a better name? the current > name is self-documenting. In general, I prefer the -face suffix for the same reasons as Henrik. The only place where I really don't like the -face suffix is in the output from M-x list-faces-display. BTW, that list doesn't use the same names as used by Customize -- which replaces dashes by spaces and adds "Face" if missing. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk