[Geany] autocomplete terminology confusion

[Enrico Tröger]

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:07:30 +0200, Enrico Tröger
<enrico.troeger at uvena.de> wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:53:34 -0400, "John Gabriele"
> <jmg3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 10/22/07, Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de> wrote:
> > > On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:54:03 -0400, "John Gabriele"
> > > <jmg3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > The actual behaviour is, of course, to expand a small piece of
> > > > text into a larger piece -- regardless of whether or not it's
> > > > code. So, really, neither "code snippets" nor "snippets" are
> > > > names that fit actual behaviour. I just thought "snippets" would
> > > > be simpler, and more general sounding.
> > >
> > > Why doesn't fit snippets at all?
> > > I think it is good enough and I'm not really sure about your last
> > > sentence. You also suggest snippets or you are against? To me it
> > > sounds a bit contrary.
> > >
> > 
> > What I mean is, "snippet" is a handy little word that is useful not
> > because it has a terribly well-defined meaning, but because it's
> > slang-ey enough that we can assign to it a specific meaning for
> > Geany. I think it's a good fit for use with this Geany feature. It
> > would work well, mostly because people are already familiar with
> > seeing it in other editors, and have a preconceived idea of what it
> > probably does.
> > 
> > So, when I'd suggested using plain "snippets" instead of "code
> > snippets", you'd stated, "IMO it fits the actual behaviour more than
> > auto completion.". I think this is where there was confusion. I was
> > agreeing with you about using the word "snippets" -- I just thought
> > it would be better without the word "code" in front of it. :)
> Ok, so finally we both like "snippets" more than "code snippets" and
> "auto completion" ;-).

We should get a resolution for this. I still vote for "snippets".


Regards,
Enrico

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