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RE: The xwidget branch origin story
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Drew Adams |
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RE: The xwidget branch origin story |
Date: |
Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:31:59 -0800 (PST) |
> > Another thing that gets asked a lot is the xwidget name. I just combined
> > 'x' meaning any, and widget, thus xwidget. I needed a prefix in the code.
> > In retrospect the name wasn't very descriptive, because people believe that
> > the branch is only meant for X windows, which it isn't, even if I only have
> > tested it there.
>
> Thanks for the background history, Joakim! And yes, until I read this, I
> had thought it was only for X11 as well. :)
Why not rename it? Emacs Lisp has stuff that uses the prefix `x-',
and at least originally, that stuff had to do with X Window. Most
of it has been renamed to drop the `x-'.
Since `xwidget' is misleading people, and the `x' doesn't help in
any way, please just rename it. But we also already have Emacs
code concerning widgets, so maybe try to come up with a name that
is specific to these particular widgets or their use.
- The xwidget branch origin story, joakim, 2015/11/16
- Re: The xwidget branch origin story, John Wiegley, 2015/11/20
- RE: The xwidget branch origin story,
Drew Adams <=
- Re: The xwidget branch origin story, John Wiegley, 2015/11/20
- Re: The xwidget branch origin story, joakim, 2015/11/22
- Re: The xwidget branch origin story, Michael Abrahams, 2015/11/22
- Re: The xwidget branch origin story, joakim, 2015/11/22
- Re: The xwidget branch origin story, Michael Abrahams, 2015/11/22
- Re: The xwidget branch origin story, John Wiegley, 2015/11/22
- Re: The xwidget branch origin story, joakim, 2015/11/22
- Re: The xwidget branch origin story, John Wiegley, 2015/11/22
- Re: The xwidget branch origin story, Andy Moreton, 2015/11/24
- Re: The xwidget branch origin story, John Wiegley, 2015/11/24