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what is the convention for `info' and `Info'?
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
what is the convention for `info' and `Info'? |
Date: |
Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:16:29 -0700 |
Library info.el has a mix of vars, faces, and functions with names that begin
with `info' or `Info'. What is the convention here - when to use one or the
other? There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or (non-hysterical) reason.
There are internal vars and user options that use `Info'. All defvars except
`info-tool-bar-map' use `Info' (53/54). All defcustoms use `Info'. But all
deffaces (which are also for user customization) use `info'.
There are commands that use `info' and commands that use `Info'. Perhaps the
intended difference here is commands within *info* and commands to be used
anywhere (?). Similarly, there are non-interactive functions that use one or
the other.
This cannot, AFAICT, be helpful to users (or to maintainers, for that matter).