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Use "main" vs "primary" and "cycling" vs "rotating" consistently #11505

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markstos opened this issue Aug 16, 2024 · 4 comments
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Use "main" vs "primary" and "cycling" vs "rotating" consistently #11505

markstos opened this issue Aug 16, 2024 · 4 comments
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@markstos
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The keymap uses the concept of "rotating the main selection", but if you search for these things, you will find no other mentions of rotating the selection outside of the keymap page, or mentions of the "main selection".

The tutor discusses what is apparently the same things:

  • cycling (not rotating) the selection
  • the primary (not main) selection

Because people will search for things by keyword and the AI overloads don't fully understand all synonyms yet, it would be helpful to pick one of "cycling" vs "rotating" and "main" vs "primary" and use the same terms everywhere.

The terms baked into Helix commands are the "rotate" and "main", so I recommend standardizing on there is a compelling reason for the documentation to differ from the command names.

@markstos markstos added the C-enhancement Category: Improvements label Aug 16, 2024
@Axlefublr
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Super agreed! I vote for primary and cycling
Just so we can start a discussion, to get a general consensus, so that it's easier for someone to actually PR these changes without worrying about "oh actually we disagree with your pick!"

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X11 has three clipboards named Clipboard, Primary and Secondary.

The Primary clipboard typically holds whatever text you've selected.

Using the term "primary selection" in Helix will be confused with that, at least until X11 is more completely dead.

@Axlefublr
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alright, main then! just has to be consistent as you say, I'm fine with either

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I'm fine with either too, and hope that Helix will outlive X11, but it seemed worth adding to the conversation.

@kirawi kirawi added the A-documentation Area: Documentation improvements label Aug 27, 2024
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