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bug#44932: 28.0.50; MINIBUF 'nomini' for window-in-direction
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#44932: 28.0.50; MINIBUF 'nomini' for window-in-direction |
Date: |
Mon, 30 Nov 2020 19:49:44 -0800 (PST) |
> > > I don't know why MINI-WINDOW would be better than
> > > MINIBUF. Is this distinction significant here?
> >
> > IMHO, MINI-WINDOW would be worse. It's not
> > about a small window.
>
> "Mini-window" is accepted terminology in Emacs, it is used, e.g., in
> resize-mini-windows. So there's nothing wrong with using that. (And
> yes, usually that window _is_ small.)
You're discussing only how to refer to this
parameter in doc strings. I contributed my 2 cents.
As for the "accepted terminology" of "mini-window",
I've also given my opinion about that unfortunate
name more generally:
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=11276#24
"it is wrong to use only "mini" here. This is not
just a mini-window, i.e., a small window - it is a
minibuffer window. See bug #3320, deemed "wont-fix"
by Lars:
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3320.
Perhaps now that others consider that
`resize-mini-windows' is a misnomer (for
additional reasons), this misuse of "mini" can
be reconsidered."
Bug #3320 was filed at the request of another who also
felt that such "accepted terminology" is unfortunate:
"these misleading names have bitten me too."
> it is used, e.g., in resize-mini-windows"
And now what was discussed as a bad-name bug has
been canonized as a model of good naming.
You have a chance now, when considering parameter
names, to start to put things on the right track,
even if you don't rename `resize-mini-windows'.
Multiplying wrongs doesn't make a right.