From: Robert Horn <rjhorn@alum.mit.edu>
To: news1142@Karl-Voit.at
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Extending org-contacts with properties: naming properties
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 06:43:24 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3r4e5rdbn.fsf@quad.robs.office> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2013-08-07T09-52-51@devnull.Karl-Voit.at>
Karl Voit writes:
> * David Rogers <davidandrewrogers@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I agree that this kind of simple thing looks like a better
>> idea. However, it would also be nice to be able to call it some name
>> where a person who encounters the software capability but doesn't yet
>> know what it's for will understand what it's for just from reading the
>> name.
>
> This is my goal, yes.
>
>> "Given" is simple and sounds clear, but it doesn't say who did the
>> giving so the clarity is over-rated. "CustomerInfoIGaveThem" is a bit
>> long. :) (and TheirRecordOfMe is hardly any better.) :)
>
My first reaction was to use a short sentence like "itoldthem". I can't
think of any single english word that doesn't also need a subject to
describe which direction the transfer went.
R Horn
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-08-07 10:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-05 9:56 Extending org-contacts with properties: naming properties Karl Voit
2013-08-05 22:55 ` Samuel Wales
2013-08-06 1:13 ` David Rogers
2013-08-06 1:16 ` Samuel Wales
2013-08-07 7:59 ` Karl Voit
2013-08-07 10:43 ` Robert Horn [this message]
2013-08-07 17:38 ` Karl Voit
2014-05-24 8:20 ` Esben Stien
2014-05-24 8:22 ` Bastien
2014-05-24 8:45 ` Esben Stien
2014-05-24 9:15 ` Esben Stien
2014-05-24 14:06 ` Alexis
2013-08-07 11:55 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2013-08-07 17:36 ` Karl Voit
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