From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#56401: "Case folding" should be called "ignore case" Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2022 18:59:51 +0200 Message-ID: <87r12zze9k.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="5685"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 56401@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 05 19:11:43 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1o8m5P-0001KG-9X for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2022 19:11:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55946 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o8m5O-0002YC-A5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2022 13:11:42 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45020) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o8lv4-0008Jx-VJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2022 13:01:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:57622) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o8lv4-00058c-D9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2022 13:01:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1o8lv4-0005bS-BU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2022 13:01:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2022 17:01:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 56401 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 56401-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B56401.165704040917915 (code B ref 56401); Tue, 05 Jul 2022 17:01:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 56401) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Jul 2022 17:00:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51519 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1o8lu7-0004ZD-6d for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2022 13:00:09 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:46004) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1o8lu4-0004Y9-VN for 56401@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2022 13:00:01 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Date:References: In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=8/s835sY2opbYGwyxUXP9jxLnW9I9zkWkJ5PTRj68ZM=; b=qmjKRznx9GYBKdobvmaFQtkdCr +Op0JTpRAh/3C/O5bPi1UkaWEBJAhnmKl1lDx2I7C3NEfYMTj8MxSp0trWUpHZaBL5EksNa2akIhN 9nvvCmbc93Qiy409/yxXrag5ZtwYu8xZYleDobA5SorDK94WkTvrkgf2fZ4zfa1JtJpI=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=joga) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1o8ltw-00041O-MB; Tue, 05 Jul 2022 18:59:55 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Kangas's message of "Tue, 5 Jul 2022 09:04:25 -0700") X-Now-Playing: Frankie Goes To Hollywood's _Liverpool_: "Kill The Pain" X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:236154 Archived-At: Stefan Kangas writes: > The "case fold" terminology is too technical and not very user-friendly. > In other software, in most user-facing contexts, it is called "ignore > case". > > Please consider renaming all variables, commands, and documentation to > refer to "ignore case" instead of "case folding". I agree that "ignore case" would be better, but it somehow seems like most people don't have much problem with the "case folding" terminology? In any case, I think renaming all the functions and variables here would not be worth the churn -- there's quite a lot of them. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no