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The name of our chat room is currently just "Emacs". How should we name it?

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    Dang, I can't help it. I'm just up voting every option. Commented Sep 24, 2014 at 21:41
  • Now proposing a rename, since nobody is currently using it: emacs.meta.stackexchange.com/q/488/591 Commented Nov 17, 2017 at 0:44

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We could call it *scratch*, perhaps.

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    Or "Scratch Buffer". Commented Sep 24, 2014 at 15:32
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    @FaheemMitha: I think legoscia was going for a pun: Chat is French for cat. Cats scratch. Commented Sep 26, 2014 at 4:25
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    @Drew I suspect you're overthinking it. :-) Commented Sep 26, 2014 at 8:07
  • This or @FaheemMitha's. Commented Sep 27, 2014 at 15:33
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*Messages*, obviously.

(Or *chat*, but it feels too redundant.)

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M-x chat would be my suggestion. But something less obvious may be better...

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    +1 If the question is about what to put as the name of the link leading to it, then Chat is what people will look for and recognize. I guess the actual destination of that link could (also) have a cute, Emacs-specific name, but users should be able to look for "chat" and find that destination. Commented Sep 27, 2014 at 16:18
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chat-mode would be nice too, especially if we can throw it somewhere on the screen that looks like the modeline.

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*scratch* is more of a hidden name, in my opinion. I missed it when I was looking for the Emacs chat room and I created another one. May I suggest changing it to something more obvious?

I think Wooble's idea of M-x chat is a good one.

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    This answer looks more like a comment to me, rather than an answer. Also, if you search for "Emacs" on chat.SE, it will still find the actual room because 'Emacs' is in the room description, as a part of the site link. Commented May 15, 2015 at 15:29

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