It also matches Ed's last name.

+1

2009/1/31 Chris Aniszczyk <[email protected]>

> M seems fine. It makes sense at least when we talk about "modeling the
> workbench" and try to tell people the story about e4.
>
> 2009/1/31 Ed Merks <[email protected]>
>
>  Eric,
>>
>> I'd prefer we not use E.  Of course it's a great letter, with Ed and Eric
>> being just excellent examples of that, but the Ecore model has trademarked
>> it, so I'll have to sue you if you use it. :-P
>>
>> Perhaps we can think of a catchy acronym, a very short word, or get Steve
>> to prefix all his names with SWT. :-P  M seems the best suggestion so far
>> because I imagine E4 would one day seem dated when E5 comes along, as it
>> surely will if E4 is successful!
>>
>> Maybe no one else cares, which surprises me because the more trivial an
>> issue, the more opinions there seem to be!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ed
>>
>>
>> Eric Moffatt wrote:
>>
>>
>> While working away on the compatibility I've (finally) reached the point
>> where Paul and I are starting to get the Menu/Toolbar story together but
>> we've hit a snag. The current model's elements such as Menu,
>> MenuItem...clash with the existing SWT classes, making it very difficult to
>> wotk on the code.
>>
>> We'd like to change the model so that we don't have these clashes and
>> would happily take suggestions on what to do and/or if anyone thinks that
>> changing these is an issue.
>>
>> After talking with Boris and Paul the best we've got so far is to add a
>> 'prefix' letter to all the model elements; 'M' for model, 'E' to match EMF's
>> types, 'E4'. <insert your facorite char here>
>>
>> Which one is best?
>> Does anyone have another strategy?
>> Is this a good idea?
>>
>> Onwards,
>> Eric
>>
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