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28.1.91; expand hl-line-mode to highlight-line-mode for readability

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From: Van Ly <van.ly <at> sdf.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 28.1.91; expand hl-line-mode to highlight-line-mode for
 readability
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 07:23:14 +0000 (UTC)

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The sequence "hl" is easy to type but recalling its function after not
using  it a  while  takes  effort.  Seeing  "Hl-Line  mode enabled  in
current buffer" also takes effort to read.

In the spirit of "display-line-numbers-mode" can "highlight-line-mode"
be the full expansion for feedback and the expansion to "hl"?

Steps to reproduce
 . start "emacs -Q"
 . type three lines of "q"
 . on the middle line type "M-x hl" and TAB to use the completion

An improvement from my point of view
 . on the middle line type "hl" and TAB to use the completion
 . the completion expands what was "hl-line-mode" to "highlight-line-mode"

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Message #8 received at 57483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Van Ly <van.ly <at> sdf.org>
Cc: 57483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57483: 28.1.91; expand hl-line-mode to highlight-line-mode
 for readability
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 12:35:24 +0200

Van Ly <van.ly <at> sdf.org> writes:

> The sequence "hl" is easy to type but recalling its function after not
> using  it a  while  takes  effort.  Seeing  "Hl-Line  mode enabled  in
> current buffer" also takes effort to read.
>
> In the spirit of "display-line-numbers-mode" can "highlight-line-mode"
> be the full expansion for feedback and the expansion to "hl"?
>
> Steps to reproduce
>  . start "emacs -Q"
>  . type three lines of "q"
>  . on the middle line type "M-x hl" and TAB to use the completion
>
> An improvement from my point of view
>  . on the middle line type "hl" and TAB to use the completion
>  . the completion expands what was "hl-line-mode" to "highlight-line-mode"

We could consider renaming hl-line-mode to highlight-line-mode, I guess?
Anybody have any opinions?

But I don't think completing hl to highlight-line-mode would make much
sense, even if it was possible, because nobody would be typing `M-x hl
TAB' in the first place without knowing that the mode was called
`hl-line-mode'.

Message #11 received at 57483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Van Ly <van.ly <at> sdf.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 57483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57483: 28.1.91; expand hl-line-mode to highlight-line-mode
 for readability
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 11:40:02 +0000 (UTC)

On Tue, 30 Aug 2022, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:

>
> But I don't think completing hl to highlight-line-mode would make much
> sense, even if it was possible, because nobody would be typing `M-x hl
> TAB' in the first place without knowing that the mode was called
> `hl-line-mode'.
>

When I have my muddled together emacs configuration not running 
from "emacs -Q" the following shows


 M-x hl
 hl-line-mode
 hi-lock-mode
 holiday-list
 ...

true, I don't use "M-x hl TAB" but "M-x hl C-j" to take the option 
at top of the listing.  I think more sense is gained from

 M-x hl
 highlight-line-mode
 ...

Message #14 received at 57483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 57483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, van.ly <at> sdf.org
Subject: Re: bug#57483: 28.1.91;
 expand hl-line-mode to highlight-line-mode for readability
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 15:03:16 +0300

> Cc: 57483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 12:35:24 +0200
> 
> We could consider renaming hl-line-mode to highlight-line-mode, I guess?
> Anybody have any opinions?

We cannot rename such a veteran mode.  But we can add an alias.

Message #17 received at 57483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 57483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, van.ly <at> sdf.org
Subject: Re: bug#57483: 28.1.91; expand hl-line-mode to highlight-line-mode
 for readability
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 14:22:14 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> We cannot rename such a veteran mode.  But we can add an alias.

I was thinking of renaming it and adding hl-line-mode as an alias.

Message #20 received at 57483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 57483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, van.ly <at> sdf.org
Subject: Re: bug#57483: 28.1.91; expand hl-line-mode to highlight-line-mode
 for readability
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 14:41:02 +0200

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> I was thinking of renaming it and adding hl-line-mode as an alias.

On the other hand, there's a gazillion user options and stuff called
`hl-*', so perhaps doing it the other way around makes more sense.

Message #23 received at 57483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 57483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, van.ly <at> sdf.org
Subject: Re: bug#57483: 28.1.91; expand hl-line-mode to highlight-line-mode
 for readability
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 15:49:32 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: van.ly <at> sdf.org,  57483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 14:22:14 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > We cannot rename such a veteran mode.  But we can add an alias.
> 
> I was thinking of renaming it and adding hl-line-mode as an alias.

That's okay, of course.

Message #26 received at 57483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Van Ly <van.ly <at> sdf.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 57483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Subject: Re: bug#57483: 28.1.91; expand hl-line-mode to highlight-line-mode
 for readability
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:35:58 +0000 (UTC)

On Tue, 30 Aug 2022, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> Cc: 57483 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
>> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 12:35:24 +0200
>>
>> We could consider renaming hl-line-mode to highlight-line-mode, I guess?
>> Anybody have any opinions?
>
> We cannot rename such a veteran mode.  But we can add an alias.
>

Also, with emacs  customized the way that works for  me, the following
happens to "M-x hl TAB"

  M-x hl TAB
  [listing changes unexpectedly]
  M-x h-l
  flush-lines
  LaTeX-math-lg
  LaTeX-math-ll
  ...

What triggered me to file this bug is this chicken and egg problem.

I want to  activate "highlight line" mode but my  short term memory at
the finger  tips has  forgotten "hl"  at the  "M-x hl  C-j".  So  I go
typing "M-x  highlight" but  the generated  listing doesn't  fetch the
unavailable  "hl-line-mode"  which  I  very  much  prefer  to  see  as
"highlight-line-mode".

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