Re: The xwidget branch origin story

[John Wiegley <jwiegley@gmail.com>]

>>>>> Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton@gmail.com> writes:

> Emacs already has lisp/widget.el and lisp/wid-edit.el with a set of widget-*
> functions used by customize.

> Any name using widget will lead to confusion - please try to find a name
> that does not clash with an existing feature.

Andy makes an excellent point: "widgets" (without clarification) have a
precise meaning, so "Emacs widgets" vs. "emacs-widgets" would cause a great
deal of confusion.

We need another name for these interactive objects that can be inserted into a
buffer, whose functionality is not implemented by Emacs itself. Sort of
like... hosted components, gadgets?

John