Re: The xwidget branch origin story

[Andy Moreton]

On Tue 24 Nov 2015, John Wiegley wrote:

>>>>>> Andy Moreton <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Emacs already has lisp/widget.el and lisp/wid-edit.el with a set of widget-*
>> functions used by customize.
>
>> Any name using widget will lead to confusion - please try to find a name
>> that does not clash with an existing feature.
>
> Andy makes an excellent point: "widgets" (without clarification) have a
> precise meaning, so "Emacs widgets" vs. "emacs-widgets" would cause a great
> deal of confusion.
>
> We need another name for these interactive objects that can be inserted into a
> buffer, whose functionality is not implemented by Emacs itself. Sort of
> like... hosted components, gadgets?

... unless the facilities offered by the new code on the xwidget branch
can be unified with the existing widgets package to provide a unified
interface so that the same user interface features are available on a
terminal or a graphical frame.

Of course I expect that that involves a great deal more work...

    AndyM