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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".
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', (continued)
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Jambunathan K, 2013/06/30
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Xue Fuqiao, 2013/06/29
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Jan Djärv, 2013/06/30
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Xue Fuqiao, 2013/06/30
- Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Jan Djärv, 2013/06/30
Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Richard Stallman, 2013/06/29
Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Pascal J. Bourguignon, 2013/06/29
Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Richard Stallman, 2013/06/29
Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Daimrod, 2013/06/29
Re: Rename `eww' to `web', Xue Fuqiao, 2013/06/29