From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
To: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-org list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Name-space prefixes in ox- packages
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2017 09:56:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87377v2dib.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFyQvY3k4ZcyB8ReH4DRM0gWB4GYKiv_+pPyQU6vkrH9=x02fA@mail.gmail.com> (Kaushal Modi's message of "Sun, 10 Sep 2017 03:19:28 +0000")
Hello,
Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 9:36 AM Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> "ox" stands for "org-export-". This is so to limit file name size. Some
>> systems are very limited (e.g. MS-DOS).
>>
>
> Is that file name size that important in today's time?
For some Emacs developers, it is.
If Emacs drops MS-DOS support, we can reconsider this. I doubt this is
going to happen any time soon.
>> Variables and functions should really be "org-export-html..." but that
>> would be very long. The "org" prefix is mandatory for Org variables and
>> functions. "ox" would be misleading.
>>
>
> Does this have to do with org-export--generate-copy-script (as discussed
> here[1])?
I don't think so.
> Is the prefix requirement for "org-" more widespread than that?
IIRC, it is an Emacs convention. Variables should be prefixed by the
major mode's name, since Emacs has no proper namespace.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou 0x80A93738
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-09-09 12:09 Name-space prefixes in ox- packages Kaushal Modi
2017-09-09 13:36 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2017-09-10 3:19 ` Kaushal Modi
2017-09-10 7:56 ` Nicolas Goaziou [this message]
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