Re: Dropping the dashes when displying command names

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2023 17:48:30 +0000
> From: reader <gertopc@proton.me>
> 
> M-x presents you a list of interactive commands. They are lisp commands, but 
> the user is concerned
> with their name when looking for a command, so displaying command names with 
> spaces instead of
> dashes can make a more readable, cleaner presentation.
> 
> So instead of this:
> 
> delete-active-region 
> delete-char (<delete>) 
> delete-directory 
> delete-file-local-variable 
> delete-frame (C-x 5 0) 
> delete-matching-lines (flush-lines) 
> delete-other-frames (C-x 5 1) 
> delete-other-windows-vertically 
> delete-region 
> delete-trailing-whitespace 
> 
> it would look like this:
> 
> delete active region 
> delete char (<delete>) 
> delete directory 
> delete file local variable 
> delete frame (C- x 5 0) 
> delete matching lines (flush lines) 
> delete other frames (C-x 5 1) 
> delete other windows vertically 
> delete region 
> delete trailing whitespace 

IMO, this is only feasible if we also accept command invocation via
"M-x" with spaces instead of dashes (and even then as an opt-in
behavior).  The current behavior has the huge advantage of showing
what exactly you should type to invoke each command, whereas replacing
dashes with spaces loses that important feature.