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Re: Remove delete-overlay?
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Daniel Brockman |
Subject: |
Re: Remove delete-overlay? |
Date: |
Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:27:56 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.92 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>> I have some times looked at the doc string for delete-overlay to convince
>> myself that the overlay is not deleted by delete-overlay. It is just
>> removed from the buffer.
>
> I always felt like it should be called "overlay-detach" or something like
> that, but I also always felt like it was much too late to change its name.
Why not `detach-overlay'?
If all functions were named according to `TYPE-OPERATION',
what reason would we have to keep the `apropos' command? :-)
By the way, I agree with Lennart: while (to me) `delete' has
misleading connotations, `remove' is just right.
--
Daniel Brockman <address@hidden>