From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 3314@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, rms@gnu.org, emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org
Subject: bug#3314: 23.0.93; Emacs manual, node RegPos
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 23:24:57 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv63fz3xwl.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <003c01c9d728$4b9db460$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 17 May 2009 12:47:21 -0700")
> However, elsewhere we generally do not bother much to put the noun
> first, to facilitate completion etc. We use, for example:
Indeed: using such "common prefix for completion" principles amounts to
imposing a hierarchical structure, which we already have elsewhere.
So I don't think it's very useful: if you want to see nodes that relate
to "Register", you can simply do "m Regi TAB RET" and that node lists
pretty much the entries you've given as example.
OTOH I agree that it would be good to replace "RegPos" with something
more explicit such as "Position Registers".
FWIW (assuming more explicit names are used) you can also use
"*Register" and then hit TAB to see the entries that contain "Register"
somewhere. This also reduces the need for such common prefixes.
This doesn't mean that common prefixes aren't good, but just that they
are very secondary in this case. Clear names are much more important.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-05-18 3:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-05-16 22:29 bug#3314: 23.0.93; Emacs manual, node RegPos Drew Adams
2009-05-17 17:23 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-05-17 17:38 ` Drew Adams
2009-05-17 18:45 ` Juri Linkov
2009-05-17 19:00 ` Drew Adams
2009-05-17 19:05 ` Drew Adams
2009-05-17 19:17 ` Juri Linkov
2009-05-17 19:47 ` Drew Adams
2009-05-17 21:27 ` Juri Linkov
2009-05-17 21:38 ` Drew Adams
2009-05-18 16:45 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-05-18 3:24 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2011-07-11 15:42 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-12 19:06 ` Richard Stallman
2011-07-12 19:34 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-13 18:32 ` Richard Stallman
2011-07-12 19:42 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2009-05-18 16:44 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-05-22 4:36 ` Kevin Rodgers
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