Re: Why are <next> and <prior> not called <page down> and <page up>?

[Lennart Borgman]

Jason Rumney wrote:
> Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > > Why does not key-description use the names <page down> and <page up>?
> > >     
> >
> > 'Cause X11 calls them `prior' and `next'?
> >   
> As does MS Windows at the API level, but these messages are intended 
> for end users, not programmers, so it is better to follow how the keys 
> are labelled on the majority of modern keyboards than the names used 
> in the header files.
>
> Personally, the last time I saw these keys labelled Next and Prior was 
> in 1992. Since then, every keyboard I have used has labelled them Page 
> Up/Page Down or PgUp/PgDn or some other abbreviation.
>
> But I wouldn't suggest changing this until after the release, as it 
> probably affects lots of documentation, even if we keep the old names 
> as aliases for backwards compatibility.

I suggest changing them at once. 14 years is a long wait. I think 
changing this makes it much easier for new users.

Would it be terribly difficult to try to change it in the documentation?