Re: Rename "window" to "pane" (after Emacs 27)

[Stefan Kangas]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

> > And would we then rename "frame" to "window", which
>
> We won't be able to do that before (almost) all legacy uses of "window"
> are gone (and not just from Emacs's own code), which will take many many
> years [...]

I agree, and also like your summary here:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2014-01/msg00532.html

> W.r.t using "panes", we could start by making a *forward compatibility*
> library `pane.el` distributed via GNU ELPA containing aliases to
> the current `window` functions and variables.

This is an interesting idea, well worth considering.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas