From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: next-error-last-buffer Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 13:36:40 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <871xluig40.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87d64sgsw9.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4nhdtv6u9n.fsf@lifelogs.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1086197915 26318 80.91.224.253 (2 Jun 2004 17:38:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 17:38:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 02 19:38:22 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BVZgz-0006Tt-00 for ; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 19:38:21 +0200 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BVZgy-00060r-00 for ; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 19:38:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BVZhH-00024j-5s for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 13:38:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BVZg1-0001Cj-JM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 13:37:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BVZg0-0001C3-Gh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 13:37:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BVZg0-0001BV-1z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 13:37:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BVZfM-0008OP-Q3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 13:36:40 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1BVZfM-0006Rd-Ab; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 13:36:40 -0400 Original-To: Ted Zlatanov In-reply-to: <4nhdtv6u9n.fsf@lifelogs.com> (message from Ted Zlatanov on Tue, 01 Jun 2004 13:52:04 -0400) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:24413 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:24413 > next-error-no-visit: M-n > > Let's call that forward-error-message. > > previous-error-no-visit: M-p > > Let's call that backward-error-message. Wouldn't that be confusing? We already have the prefixing adjectives "next" and "previous" established, now users have to also remember "forward" and "backward." I think people will understand them. These names follow tradition, make sense, and are clean; the others are clumsy. I also find the forward-/backward- prefixes inappropriate in this case; to me they indicate movement in the current buffer or some other "closed context". That's exactly what these commands are: they move forward and back in the current buffer, moving by error messages. Here's what they were proposed to replace: next-error-no-visit: M-n compilation-mode-map M-n compilation-next-error diff-mode-shared-map M-n diff-hunk-next occur-mode-map M-n occur-next