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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