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Re: Incorrect terminology in Customize doc
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Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: Incorrect terminology in Customize doc |
Date: |
Sun, 23 Jan 2005 12:37:40 -0500 |
Some of the Customize documentation incorrectly refers to user
preferences, which can be either faces or variables, as "user
options". In Emacs terminology (elsewhere, and longstanding), a "user
option" is a `user-variable-p', that is, a variable that users are
intended to change (its doc string has "*" at the beginning).
I agree, that is somewhat inconsistent.
The correct term for a user preference that includes both variables
and faces is "preference",
We don't use the term "preference" at all, so I don't see any sense in
which it is "correct". Why do you think it is "correct"?
Since all custom vars are user-variable-p, I think it make sense to expand
the notion of "user option" to also include other custom-izable objects
like faces.
I am not sure how much work that involves, but I like it better than
switching to the term "preferences".
- Incorrect terminology in Customize doc, Drew Adams, 2005/01/22
- Re: Incorrect terminology in Customize doc, Stefan Monnier, 2005/01/22
- Re: Incorrect terminology in Customize doc,
Richard Stallman <=
- Re: Incorrect terminology in Customize doc, Richard Stallman, 2005/01/24
- RE: Incorrect terminology in Customize doc, Drew Adams, 2005/01/24
- Re: Incorrect terminology in Customize doc, Richard Stallman, 2005/01/25
- Re: Incorrect terminology in Customize doc, Kim F. Storm, 2005/01/26
- Re: Incorrect terminology in Customize doc, Richard Stallman, 2005/01/26