Re: [ELPA] New package: dape

[James Thomas]

Philip Kaludercic wrote:

>>> Also, sorry for bringing this up, but how married are you to the name?
>> I'm not overly attached to it. What are your objections? And do you have
>> any suggestions? I find it quite difficult to name things like this.
>
> It just doesn't say that much, and I don't know if it is intended, but
> the usual way I would read/pronounce it (rhyming with cape) wouldn't
> immediately signal any relation to DAP.  Note that you can use (elisp)
> Shorthands to avoid writing out a longer name inside the file, in case a
> longer name like debuger-adapter.  It seems there is no package by the
> name of "dbg"?  If we are not interested in a self-descriptive and
> memorable name, and would want to create a parallel to Eglot (IIRC Emacs
> polyGLOT), perhaps something like based on "Emacs Debugger" (Egger?
> Ebugger?  Edebugger?) might be possible as well.

There's also 'gudap':

https://github.com/joaotavora/eglot/issues/716#issuecomment-895866818

--