From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nicolas Semrau Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Why fido, icycles, ido, icomplete Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 19:45:00 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <928153706.622007.1573238700542@ichabod.co-bxl> References: <20191106212018.cnddqzlo5rpdhi6s.ref@Ergus> <20191106212018.cnddqzlo5rpdhi6s@Ergus> <877e4c1x3r.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: Nicolas Semrau Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="144827"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: Ergus , Drew Adams , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Filipp Gunbin , =?utf-8?Q?Jo=C3=A3o_T=C3=A1vora?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 08 19:46:19 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1iT9H1-000bXO-3x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Nov 2019 19:46:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58826 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iT9Gz-0004Bm-Bf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Nov 2019 13:46:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55034) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iT9Fr-0004A2-Ri for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Nov 2019 13:45:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iT9Fq-0004mQ-RH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Nov 2019 13:45:07 -0500 Original-Received: from wilbur.contactoffice.com ([212.3.242.68]:42710) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iT9Fq-0004lo-CJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Nov 2019 13:45:06 -0500 Original-Received: from ichabod.co-bxl (ichabod.co-bxl [10.2.0.36]) by wilbur.contactoffice.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B1E05C7; Fri, 8 Nov 2019 19:45:03 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mailfence.com; s=20160819-nLV10XS2; t=1573238703; bh=xpduAp+mGhg8zRGFyTOCytfybfgjd1ZelVh1E9jUfp4=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Subject:From; b=iUtLK6Ph3LRWQKH+Z2/JoGacdSIhwj5mwVjeL4SaWd+24EbA4+A0Feja9ZhDUjvin SkLWouuP8BbxuZ2o5hNsJONgAOkXKu6nPecKId3NbW0OSsxe17kb4OGt5mcRTHPOLY xxFAuRyLaoX5aD6enZKB2SzNjaaDeYN4frYnFMOYSfW8Ju0CvHqhb0uXc0Ty/8fOYJ RW8kPY5HUqAJLb373pckTRA3Dg4egwkLKf0Y0m6SwLXIjhVDm7aCzRJfxTbHdKJw7p dWQU75fCbJaBfIhXs8PZzsplMqGQQkybdPreR6jfLESUt8ZYdJ/fidurR4yV0SoXxG 0Uwj0ea/2HReQ== In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: ContactOffice Mail X-ContactOffice-Account: com:137205263 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 212.3.242.68 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:241995 Archived-At: > ---------------------------------------- > From: Filipp Gunbin > Sent: Fri Nov 08 18:54:00 CET 2019 > To: Jo=C3=A3o T=C3=A1vora > Cc: Ergus , Drew Adams , > Subject: Re: Why fido, icycles, ido, icomplete >=20 >=20 > On 06/11/2019 22:03 +0000, Jo=C3=A3o T=C3=A1vora wrote: >=20 > > Ergus writes: > > > >> 1) Do we really need another confusing mode (fido-mode)? instead of > >> improve one of the already existing alternatives with just an option t= o > >> use flex? > > > > I'm sorry you find the name confusing. I find it appealing (it's "fake > > ido"), but we can change it (Stefan proposed icomplete-ido-mode). >=20 > +1 for the name change, because Fido was a pre-Internet-era BBS network > popular at least in Russia. I was too young when it was operational, > but even for me the name would be confusing. >=20 > Filipp >=20 I agree. Since the "FidoNet" service (often shortened to "Fido") was popular in at least a few European countries during the 80s/90s, I was flabbergasted for a second to read that a new fido-mode is being added. I therefore +1 a name-change. Greetings Nicolas