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RE: Rename `eww' to `web'


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: Rename `eww' to `web'
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 13:40:36 -0700 (PDT)

>     I gnu ewe might say that.
>     But I nominate ewe.
>     Web is pedestrian - not so gnu.
>     There is none gnuer than ewe.
> 
> This is a serious issue of usability.
> 
> There is nothing particularly wrong with "ewe" in a command name,
> but it's not a very natural name for a command to browse the web.
> Few users, when straining to remember or trying to guess the way
> to browse the web in Emacs, will hit on M-x ewe.  If it is
> M-x web, they will find it easy to remember and to guess.
> 
> We already have M-x browse-url.  If eww is a suitable replacement for
> that feature perhaps we should make M-x browse-url run eww.
> 
> Or maybe both.

M-x emacs-web-explorer

(defalias 'ewe 'emacs-web-explorer) ; Pseudonyme pour Mlle Gnu.[*]


[*] Yes, it seems the more correct term for a female gnu is "cow",
not "ewe" or "doe".



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