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Re: Rename `eww' to `web'


From: Josh
Subject: Re: Rename `eww' to `web'
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 15:53:55 -0700

On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:
>     Years ago, I had a real problem remembering M-x ielm. Because I only used
>     this command occasionally, I was never able to remember it.

I had the same problem for a long time until finally I read that it stands for
(I)nteractive (E)macs (L)isp (M)ode.

> `ielm' might be a good file name prefix, if this had multiple files.
> A prefix needs to be short.  But the package should have a natural
> name for users.

It seems likely that those who go looking for an Emacs Lisp REPL might try
M-x repl -- perhaps a defalias is in order.

Josh



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