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RE: Rename `eww' to `web'
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: Rename `eww' to `web' |
Date: |
Thu, 4 Jul 2013 14:58:58 -0700 (PDT) |
Hi Mathias,
> When my `tumme' (now `image-dired') package was added to Emacs many
> moons ago, the question about its name came up. Since I was the
> author and the one who had picked the name ("tumme" means thumb, in
> Swedish, so it was a good name for a package aimed at working with
> image thumbnails),
So you explicitly chose a name that had a meaning related to what
the package and its commands are for.
> and it also had been used by people for a while, I felt... something
> (a small disturbance in the force, maybe)... when the name change
> came up.
Understandable.
> However, the arguments back then was about the same as now; it is
> beneficial if users can find commands by guessing
Which was the same principle you applied, using "thumb" instead of
"image". It's just that your version of "thumb" was a Swedish one.
> and it was reasonable to assume that someone might try typing
> "image" to see what nice commands there might exist for working
> with images.
Yes, "image" is good, as is "thumb". Depends what to put the emphasis
on, since `image-dired' can do more than show thumbnail images. But
either is helpful, IMO. And "tumme" is less helpful than either,
unless one understands Swedish.
> ... So, that was my little insignificant story...
Not so insignificant - a couple of lessons there, I think.
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', (continued)
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Richard Stallman, 2013/07/04
- RE: Rename `eww' to `web', Drew Adams, 2013/07/03
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Richard Stallman, 2013/07/04
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Jambunathan K, 2013/07/04
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Richard Stallman, 2013/07/04
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Pascal J. Bourguignon, 2013/07/04
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Mathias Dahl, 2013/07/04
- RE: Rename `eww' to `web',
Drew Adams <=
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Jambunathan K, 2013/07/04
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Xue Fuqiao, 2013/07/04
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Juri Linkov, 2013/07/04
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Xue Fuqiao, 2013/07/05
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Juri Linkov, 2013/07/05
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Xue Fuqiao, 2013/07/05
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Glenn Morris, 2013/07/04
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Juanma Barranquero, 2013/07/04
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Stefan Monnier, 2013/07/05
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Juanma Barranquero, 2013/07/05