GNU bug report logs - #64185
proposal for new function: copy-line

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: "64185 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <64185 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, "me <at> eshelyaron.com" <me <at> eshelyaron.com>, "zkanfer <at> gmail.com" <zkanfer <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#64185: proposal for new function: copy-line
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 21:29:32 +0300

>> > +(defcustom duplicate-line-pos 0
>> > +  "Where to put point after copying the line.
>> 
>> A better name for this would be duplicate-line-final-position or maybe
>> duplicate-line-point-position.
>> 
>> Also, please mention this variable in NEWS, where duplicate-line is
>> announced.
>
> FWIW -
>
> Point is the cursor position.  So I'd suggest
> just "point" (or "cursor-position", if you
> like), and not "point-position".
>
> We do use `pos' in various names to mean a
> buffer position, but in those cases it
> doesn't stand for point (the cursor position).
> So I agree that `pos' shouldn't be used here.

In the patch a new position is counted by lines,
so maybe a better name would be 'duplicate-line-final-line'.
But this double "line-line" doesn't look nice.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.