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Re: Rename `mini-' options
From: |
Miles Bader |
Subject: |
Re: Rename `mini-' options |
Date: |
Sat, 16 May 2009 18:21:53 +0900 |
"Drew Adams" <address@hidden> writes:
>> For better or worse, Emacs traditionally distinguishes "the
>> minibuffer" from "the echo area", and resize-mini-windows applies to
>> both. So a name which captures this subtlety is arguably better than
>> one which lies a bit for the sake of convenient document searching.
>
> And the name `resize-mini-windows' captures this subtlety just how? Is
> it because it cleverly doesn't mention _either_ the minibuffer or the
> echo area? That's supposed to help somehow?
Sure. If no existing term captures a concept, then it seems a
reasonable argument that it's better to make a new term than use an
incorrect one.
Of course, it's not always to come up with a good term, but I'm not sure
what other term would be better. The terms you suggested are pithy, but
seem inaccurate.
Maybe it's better to just declare that "minibuffer-window" always
includes the echo-area, but it's not clear to me whether this would run
into other conflicts or not (e.g. uses of that term that really only
intend to refer to the minibuffer's window).
> The more important point is that this is an _exception_ to the rest of
> the "existing practice". No where else does `mini-' occur.
Eh? An "exception" to _what_ existing practice? Are there other
variables/functions which control both echo-area and the minibuffer
display, which use some other term than "mini-window"?
> And it remains unexplained, undocumented.
Perhaps the documentation could use improvement of course.
Indeed, that seems like the most reasonable solution to this issue
(certainly in the short term): Make sure these variables are mentioned
in every place where they should be; in the end (while apropos is very
convenient, it's not a replacement for the real documentation).
> I apologize for not catching this bug sooner.
It's not a bug, of course.
-Miles
--
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- Re: Rename `mini-' options, (continued)
- Re: Rename `mini-' options, Juanma Barranquero, 2009/05/15
- RE: Rename `mini-' options, Drew Adams, 2009/05/15
- Re: Rename `mini-' options, Juanma Barranquero, 2009/05/15
- RE: Rename `mini-' options, Drew Adams, 2009/05/16
- Re: Rename `mini-' options, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/05/16
- RE: Rename `mini-' options, Drew Adams, 2009/05/16
- Re: Rename `mini-' options, Juanma Barranquero, 2009/05/16
- Re: Rename `mini-' options, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2009/05/16
- Re: Rename `mini-' options, Miles Bader, 2009/05/16
- RE: Rename `mini-' options, Drew Adams, 2009/05/16
- Re: Rename `mini-' options,
Miles Bader <=
- RE: Rename `mini-' options, Drew Adams, 2009/05/16
- Re: Rename `mini-' options, Miles Bader, 2009/05/16
- Re: Rename `mini-' options, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2009/05/16
- Re: Rename `mini-' options, Stefan Monnier, 2009/05/17