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bug#3314: 23.0.93; Emacs manual, node RegPos
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#3314: 23.0.93; Emacs manual, node RegPos |
Date: |
Sun, 17 May 2009 12:47:21 -0700 |
> >> > RegPos -> Register Positions
> >> > RegText -> Register Text
> >> > RegRect -> Register Rectangles
> >> > RegConfig -> Register Configurations
> >> > RegNumbers -> Register Numbers
> >> > RegFiles -> Register Files
> >>
> >> I agree 100%. Thanks.
> >
> > Oops - except it would be better not to let those names
> suggest that "register"
> > is used here as an adjective. It's not about a register
> position; it's about a
> > positional register.
> >
> > So perhaps:
> >
> > Register, Position
> > Register, Text
> > Register, Rectangle
> > Register, Frames/Windows
> > Register, Number
> > Register, File
>
> You cannot use periods, commas, colons or parentheses within
> a node name.
Then:
Register - Position
Register - Text
Register - Rectangle
Register - Frames/Windows
Register - Number
Register - File
If the nound comes first, for completion purposes etc., then some separator must
be used to eliminate interpretation of the same word ("register") as an
adjective.
However, elsewhere we generally do not bother much to put the noun first, to
facilitate completion etc. We use, for example:
Basic Parameters
Position Parameters
Size Parameters
Layout Parameters
...
not
Parameters - Basic
Parameters - Position
Parameters - Size
Parameters - Layout
- bug#3314: 23.0.93; Emacs manual, node RegPos, Drew Adams, 2009/05/16
- bug#3314: 23.0.93; Emacs manual, node RegPos, Richard M Stallman, 2009/05/17
- bug#3314: 23.0.93; Emacs manual, node RegPos, Drew Adams, 2009/05/17
- bug#3314: 23.0.93; Emacs manual, node RegPos, Juri Linkov, 2009/05/17
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- bug#3314: 23.0.93; Emacs manual, node RegPos, Drew Adams, 2009/05/17
- bug#3314: 23.0.93; Emacs manual, node RegPos, Juri Linkov, 2009/05/17
- bug#3314: 23.0.93; Emacs manual, node RegPos,
Drew Adams <=
- bug#3314: 23.0.93; Emacs manual, node RegPos, Juri Linkov, 2009/05/17
- bug#3314: 23.0.93; Emacs manual, node RegPos, Drew Adams, 2009/05/17
- bug#3314: 23.0.93; Emacs manual, node RegPos, Richard M Stallman, 2009/05/18
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