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From: Bastien <bzg@altern.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: org-mode, please change the name of function org-metaleft etc
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:29:48 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wst42ezn.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4727B835.3090709@gmail.com> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Wed,  31 Oct 2007 00:03:17 +0100")

"Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:

>> See the docstring of `org-metaleft':
>>
>> ,----[ (org-metaleft &optional arg) ]
>> | Promote heading or move table column to left.
>> | Calls `org-do-promote' or `org-table-move-column', depending on context.
>> | With no specific context, calls the Emacs default `backward-word'.
>> | See the individual commands for more information.
>> `----
>>
>> I cannot think of a better name.  What would you propose?
>
> It does not have to be short. It should rather be descriptive IMO.

org-do-promote-or-table-move-left-or-backward-word ?!

I do understand the current name of the function is not very helpful,
but if a user want to know more about this defun, it's likely he will
look for the docstring instead, no?

-- 
Bastien

  reply	other threads:[~2007-10-31  2:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-30 21:16 org-mode, please change the name of function org-metaleft etc Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-10-30 23:49 ` Bastien
2007-10-30 23:03   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-10-31  2:29     ` Bastien [this message]
2007-10-31  7:47 ` Richard Stallman
2007-10-31 14:57   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-10-31 15:37     ` Andreas Schwab
2007-10-31 16:32     ` Jason Rumney
2007-10-31 18:34       ` Bastien
2007-10-31 17:43         ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-10-31 16:47     ` Bastien
2007-10-31 23:58     ` Richard Stallman
2007-11-01  1:08       ` Jason Rumney
2007-11-03 20:48       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-10-31 16:25   ` Bastien
2007-11-04  7:29   ` Carsten Dominik

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