Re: Renaming eglot -- or at least add an alias?

[Richard Stallman]

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  > While I can agree with the sentiment underlying this, I'm not sure I
  > agree with the practicality. The space of available meaningful names
  > which convey a meaningful description of what a module/library does
  > which are also not ridiculously long and are unique is actually quite
  > small. Naming things is difficult.

I am reputed to be good at that.  nstead of telling me how hopeless it
is, which won't convince me, how about telling me what Eglot does?
Then we'll see if I come up with a more descriptive name.

  > In reality, very few packages/modules actually provide any real meaning
  > based on just their name.

Yes, we could do a lot better.

  > However, trying to change names
  > now will not help and runs the risk of further confusing the user base.

It's amazing how quickly people start saying it's too late to change
something.


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