From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: send-invisible is not an obvious name Date: 22 Oct 2002 15:59:13 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035270069 17897 80.91.224.249 (22 Oct 2002 07:01:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 07:01:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs developers Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 183t2K-0004eM-00 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 09:01:08 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 183t3Q-0000kW-00 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 09:02:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 183t1Q-0000n7-00; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 03:00:12 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 183t0g-0008HM-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 02:59:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 183t0f-0008Em-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 02:59:26 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([210.143.35.51]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 183t0e-0008EG-00; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 02:59:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp ([10.7.69.195]) by TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id g9M6xGl08110; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 15:59:17 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mailsv4.nec.co.jp (mailgate51.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.190]) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) with ESMTP id g9M6xFJ17225; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 15:59:16 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.30.114.133]) by mailsv4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id g9M6xE211724; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 15:59:14 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.10.2+Sun/3.7Wlsi_mx_6.0) with ESMTP id g9M6xEB02975; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 15:59:14 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 0E9F33702; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 15:59:13 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Francesco Potorti` System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 22 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:8636 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:8636 Francesco Potorti` writes: > I had to enter my password and since I knew that a command > existed to do that I tried to gess its name, to no avail. I had to do a > search for `password' in the manual to find it. I'd say that's what you're supposed to do, and if you could find it by searching the manual, then things are working properly. We can't encode documentation into all function names! > - the send-invisible command should have at least the two aliases above I disagree. > - it should be in the comint menu (I do not use menus myself, so I do > not know whether it is already there) with a comprehensible name That would be reasonable; however I think `Send input invisibly' (or `without echoing') is a pretty good title for this menu entry... -Miles -- I have seen the enemy, and he is us. -- Pogo