Re: [NonGNU ELPA] New packages: popon, corfu-popup, flymake-popon

[Akib Azmain Turja]

João Pedro <jpedrodeamorim@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello Akib, just chiming in with some opinions as a user.
>
> On Fri, May 20 2022 00:00, Akib Azmain Turja <akib@disroot.org> wrote:
>
>> It is named corfu-popup because it's older than Popon.  Actually Popon
>> was extracted from corfu-popup to allow other packages to use it, as
>> different popup implementation don't work together (and trying do so
>> will break both, and the buffer contents will probably be at risk too).
>> There is already a package named popup.el, so I named my package Popon,
>> but I didn't change the name of corfu-popup.  I wrote flymake-popon
>> later, so I included "popon" in the name.  I think this shouldn't be a
>> problem for submission, but if it is a problem, I have no problem
>> changing the name.
>
> I don't think it would be a problem for submission, Philip was just
> wondering why the name was different, mostly because, as you noted
> yourself, it can be misleading, leading users to think it would be a
> package to make Corfu use popup.el.
>
>> But, now it seems to me that name is misleading, because child frame and
>> Popon both are some type of popup.  So I have changed the name to
>> corfu-terminal (which Corfu author suggested me) to make it's purpose
>> clear.
>
> Now I must wonder -- and keep in mind that it is not a problem per-se at
> all -- why you didn't rename it to corfu-popon, keeping it aligned with
> the other packages... 
>
> Overall, great contributions to this package ecosystem, and I hope to
> see it in ELPA in the near future!
>
> Best regards,
>
> -- 
> João Pedro de Amorim Paula
> IT undergraduate at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)

Well, many may not understand what does popon in the name mean, and this
name change is just to reflect the main purpose of the package, allowing
to use Corfu in terminal, in its name.  corfu-terminal is mainly for
terminal, as there is already a better solution for graphical interface.
But the other two packages are for both GUI and terminal.  And
flymake-popon uses but posframe on GUI by default, as child frames are
nicer and more stable.  I probably ought to name it flymake-posframe as
posframe is the default, but when I started it it used Popon to show the
popup, and the Popon interface is still the priority.

Please don't hestitate to tell if you have any suggestions about the
names or any other thing, I'm willing to hear from the community.

-- 
Akib Azmain Turja

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