From: "Colin Baxter 😺" <m43cap@yandex.com>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>
Cc: , Gyro Funch <gyromagnetic@gmail.com>,
emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Timothy <tecosaur@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [BUG] Prefer lowercase #+results [9.5.2 (release_9.5.2-3-geb9f34 @ /Users/salutis/src/emacs/nextstep/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/org/)]
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 14:57:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874k6aial1.fsf@yandex.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877db79cg7.fsf@localhost> (Ihor Radchenko's message of "Tue, 11 Jan 2022 11:30:00 +0800")
>>>>> Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> writes:
> Colin Baxter 😺 <m43cap@yandex.com> writes:
>> What is the point of changing a default? Users can change to
>> whatever they like, but a default is a default - i.e. remains
>> fixed. Why a particular default arose belongs to peculiarities of
>> history. Do people really want to revisit this year after year?
>> The value of a default is irrelevant: what is important is that
>> it does not change, once it is chosen, without some very good
>> reason. I have not seen that reason in this particular case. The
>> arguments of consistency are ephemeral.
> For some more context, other functions are not really consistent
> about uppercase/lowercase: - =org-insert-structure-template=
> lowercase - =org-insert-drawer= uppercase -
> =org-insert-property-drawer= uppercase -
> =org-babel-exp-code-template= defaults to uppercase -
> =org-clock-find-position= defaults to uppercase :END: -
> =org-feed-write-status= defaults to uppercase -
> =org-inlinetask-insert-task= defaults to uppercase -
> =org-mobile-write-agenda-for-mobile= defaults to uppercase -
> =org-babel-examplify-region= lowercase
> I just looked for END vs end.
> So, unless there is overwhelming support for changing uppercase
> defaults into lowercase and a thorough patch, I am inclined
> towards preserving the existing behaviour.
Agreed.
> Changing just RESULTS keyword provides no benefit to making things
> consistent.
Agreed.
Best - Colin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-01-11 15:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-01-08 8:58 [BUG] Prefer lowercase #+results [9.5.2 (release_9.5.2-3-geb9f34 @ /Users/salutis/src/emacs/nextstep/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/org/)] Rudolf Adamkovič
2022-01-08 9:47 ` Colin Baxter 😺
2022-01-08 18:18 ` Rudolf Adamkovič
2022-01-08 21:29 ` Tim Cross
2022-01-09 17:21 ` Rudolf Adamkovič
2022-01-10 10:26 ` Gyro Funch
2022-01-10 13:09 ` Timothy
2022-01-10 14:34 ` Kaushal Modi
2022-01-10 15:31 ` Colin Baxter 😺
2022-01-11 3:30 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-01-11 14:57 ` Colin Baxter 😺 [this message]
2022-01-11 15:15 ` Timothy
2022-01-11 19:13 ` Rudolf Adamkovič
2022-01-11 19:53 ` William Denton
2022-01-11 20:30 ` Colin Baxter 😺
2022-01-12 14:17 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-01-12 16:00 ` Christopher M. Miles
2022-01-12 16:35 ` Timothy
2022-01-13 1:43 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-01-13 4:27 ` Timothy
2022-01-13 3:29 ` Christopher M. Miles
2022-01-13 4:33 ` Timothy
2022-01-13 5:25 ` Christopher M. Miles
2022-01-14 2:00 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-01-14 4:23 ` Christopher M. Miles
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