Re: [NonGNU ELPA] New package: devil

[Philip Kaludercic]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
>> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> Date: Tue, 09 May 2023 08:42:20 +0000
>> 
>> > Hello!
>> >
>> > I am the author and maintainer of a new package named Devil. This package
>> > intercepts keystrokes entered by the user and applies translation rules to
>> > translate the keystrokes into Emacs key sequences. It supports three types
>> > of rules: special keys that map to custom commands that are invoked
>> > immediately prior to any translations, translation rules to translate Devil
>> > key sequences to regular Emacs key sequences, and repeatable keys to allow
>> > a Devil key sequence to be repeated by typing the last keystroke over and
>> > over again using a transient map.
>> >
>> > See the README at https://github.com/susam/devil for more details.
>> 
>> Looks interesting, here is a diff with a few comments:
>
> Why call this package by such a strange name?  It says nothing at all
> about the package's purpose.  Would it be possible to rename it,
> please?

I am guessing that this is a pun on "evil-mode", but I am inclined to
agree.  At least "evil" stands for "extensible vi layer for Emacs".

> Thanks.