From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16074: 24.3.50; enhancement request: Remove "pop" from command names & doc for `C-(u|x) C-SPC' Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2019 09:28:50 +0300 Message-ID: <831rxbjcv1.fsf@gnu.org> References: Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="230596"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 16074@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 24 08:29:25 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1i1PYD-000xqp-5Z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Aug 2019 08:29:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36082 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i1PYB-0005Pp-O7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Aug 2019 02:29:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58323) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i1PXs-0005Pi-N7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Aug 2019 02:29:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i1PXq-0004BD-MU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Aug 2019 02:29:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:60926) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i1PXq-0004AG-GV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Aug 2019 02:29:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i1PXq-0002sX-Ax for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Aug 2019 02:29:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2019 06:29:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16074 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 16074-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16074.156662812711041 (code B ref 16074); Sat, 24 Aug 2019 06:29:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16074) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Aug 2019 06:28:47 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41514 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i1PXa-0002rz-VS for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Aug 2019 02:28:47 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:49776) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i1PXY-0002rn-Gj for 16074@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Aug 2019 02:28:44 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:58636) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i1PXT-0003n0-8v; Sat, 24 Aug 2019 02:28:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=2032 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1i1PXR-00007b-Qa; Sat, 24 Aug 2019 02:28:38 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Stefan Kangas on Sat, 24 Aug 2019 07:40:37 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:165749 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Kangas > Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2019 07:40:37 +0200 > Cc: 16074@debbugs.gnu.org > > >> The names and doc of the commands bound to `C-u C-SPC' and `C-x C-SPC' > >> are misleading, in that the commands do not really "pop" the marker > >> rings. They cycle the rings. Markers are not removed from the rings > >> by such "popping". > >> > >> Emacs uses the verb "cycle" for this kind of behavior elsewhere. The > >> same terminology should be used here also. We should rename > >> `pop-global-mark' and rephrase the doc. > > > > Heh. I didn't even know that they didn't pop, after all these years. > > > > Yes, renaming here seems like a good idea. > > How about the attached patch? IMO, doing this is a waste of time, energy, VC resources and whatnot. Just one opinion.