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[PATCH] Add project-clean-up command

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Message #29 received at 41868 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: "Philip K." <philip <at> warpmail.net>, 41868 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41868: [PATCH] Add project-clean-up command
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 03:23:00 +0300

On 16.06.2020 01:49, Juri Linkov wrote:
>>> +(defcustom project-spare-buffers-regexps
>>> +  '("\\*Help\\*")
>>
>> Perhaps also call this project-buffer-spare-conditions?
> 
> I think the suffix ‘-regexps’ is fine.  The problem is that
> the word “spare” has no reference to the related command name
> ‘project-kill-buffers’.  Maybe better would be something like
> ‘project-kill-buffers-ignore-regexps’ or

"kill or spare", no? But it's not immediately obvious for non-native 
speakers, sure.

>> Or something like that. Point is, no tie the name to regexps, for easy
>> extension into having functions in that list as well.
> 
> For functions it's easy to add a separate variable like
> ‘project-kill-buffers-ignore-functions’.

I don't see why we wouldn't want to keep it on the same variable. It's 
both easier to document, and to implement.

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