bug#12436: 24.2.50; rename `(next|previous)-multiframe-window'

[Stefan Kangas]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> Makes sense to me.  Any objections to the below patch?
>
> I don't object, although I do wonder what could be the point of
> renaming commands which were known under these names for the last
> 28(!) years.  Given their age, perhaps consider not obsoleting the old
> names: who knows whether someone out there has these names burned into
> their muscle memory?

Makes sense to me; I've attached an updated patch here.  If there are
no objections, I intend to push it within a couple of days.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

>From b13ea22c9338097560d499872ef0a1f4aea15ba7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 23:27:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Rename `*-multiframe-window' to '*-window-any-frame'

Suggested by Drew Adams.

* lisp/frame.el
(next-multiframe-window): Define as obsolete alias for...
(next-window-any-frame): ...new function name.
(previous-multiframe-window): Define as obsolete alias for...
(previous-window-any-frame): ...new function name.  (Bug#12436)

* lisp/term/ns-win.el (global-map): Use new command name.
* doc/emacs/windows.texi (Other Window): Document it.
* etc/NEWS: Announce it.
---
 doc/emacs/windows.texi |  4 ++--
 etc/NEWS               | 10 ++++++++++
 lisp/frame.el          |  7 +++++--
 lisp/term/ns-win.el    |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/emacs/windows.texi b/doc/emacs/windows.texi
index 19f6cff7bf..53e9a4bb58 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/windows.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/windows.texi
@@ -181,12 +181,12 @@ Other Window
 back and finish supplying the minibuffer argument that is requested.
 @xref{Minibuffer Edit}.
 
-@findex next-multiframe-window
+@findex next-window-any-frame
 The @code{other-window} command will normally only switch to the next
 window in the current frame (unless otherwise configured).  If you
 work in a multi-frame environment and you want windows in all frames
 to be part of the cycle, you can rebind @kbd{C-x o} to the
-@code{next-multiframe-window} command.  (@xref{Rebinding}, for how to
+@code{next-window-any-frame} command.  (@xref{Rebinding}, for how to
 rebind a command.)
 
 @kindex C-M-v
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index e614197125..e005cc9406 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -202,6 +202,16 @@ the new version of the file again.)
 
 * Changes in Emacs 27.1
 
++++
+** 'next/previous-multiframe-window' have been renamed.
+The new names are as follows:
+
+ 'next-multiframe-window'     -> 'next-window-any-frame'
+ 'previous-multiframe-window' -> 'previous-window-any-frame'
+
+The old names are maintained as function aliases for backward
+compatibility.
+
 ** emacsclient
 
 +++
diff --git a/lisp/frame.el b/lisp/frame.el
index 92fe57fbe6..1a15a4c9f2 100644
--- a/lisp/frame.el
+++ b/lisp/frame.el
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ get-other-frame
 is not considered (see `next-frame')."
   (if (equal (next-frame) (selected-frame)) (make-frame) (next-frame)))
 
-(defun next-multiframe-window ()
+(defun next-window-any-frame ()
   "Select the next window, regardless of which frame it is on."
   (interactive)
   (select-window (next-window (selected-window)
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ next-multiframe-window
                              0))
   (select-frame-set-input-focus (selected-frame)))
 
-(defun previous-multiframe-window ()
+(defun previous-window-any-frame ()
   "Select the previous window, regardless of which frame it is on."
   (interactive)
   (select-window (previous-window (selected-window)
@@ -689,6 +689,9 @@ previous-multiframe-window
                                  0))
   (select-frame-set-input-focus (selected-frame)))
 
+(defalias 'next-multiframe-window 'next-window-any-frame)
+(defalias 'previous-multiframe-window 'previous-window-any-frame)
+
 (defun window-system-for-display (display)
   "Return the window system for DISPLAY.
 Return nil if we don't know how to interpret DISPLAY."
diff --git a/lisp/term/ns-win.el b/lisp/term/ns-win.el
index 83b845b1a5..1841e679ac 100644
--- a/lisp/term/ns-win.el
+++ b/lisp/term/ns-win.el
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ 'ns-alternatives-map
 
 ;; Here are some Nextstep-like bindings for command key sequences.
 (define-key global-map [?\s-,] 'customize)
-(define-key global-map [?\s-'] 'next-multiframe-window)
+(define-key global-map [?\s-'] 'next-window-any-frame)
 (define-key global-map [?\s-`] 'other-frame)
 (define-key global-map [?\s-~] 'ns-prev-frame)
 (define-key global-map [?\s--] 'center-line)
-- 
2.20.1