From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: Variant spellings in GNU Emacs documentation Date: 19 Jan 2004 00:16:30 +0100 Organization: Organization?!? Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1074468853 20943 80.91.224.253 (18 Jan 2004 23:34:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 23:34:13 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 19 00:34:08 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AiMQi-0002Hv-00 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 00:34:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AiMHG-0001rT-5y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:24:22 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AiMGR-0001Lc-6N for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:23:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AiMFt-0000wB-RS for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:23:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.41.8] (helo=mx20.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1AiMFC-0000SX-R1 for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:22:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [132.239.1.56] (helo=mailbox4.ucsd.edu) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AiM9f-0006rP-Hv for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:16:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.fu-berlin.de (mail.fu-berlin.de [160.45.11.165]) by mailbox4.ucsd.edu (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0INGS9g052648 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 2004 15:16:28 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by mail.fu-berlin.de (Smail3.2.0.98) from Curry.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE (160.45.10.36) with esmtp id ; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 00:16:27 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: by Curry.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE (Smail3.2.0.98) from news.fu-berlin.de with bsmtp id ; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 00:16:27 +0100 (MET) Original-To: gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org Original-Path: p3ee20bf3.dip.t-dialin.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Original-Lines: 24 X-Orig-NNTP-Posting-Host: p3ee20bf3.dip.t-dialin.net (62.226.11.243) X-Orig-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1074467787 17887539 62.226.11.243 ([198409]) X-Face: 2FEFf>]>q>2iw=B6, xrUubRI>pR&Ml9=ao@P@i)L:\urd*t9M~y1^:+Y]'C0~{mAl`oQuAl \!3KEIp?*w`|bL5qr,H)LFO6Q=qx~iH4DN; i"; /yuIsqbLLCh/!U#X[S~(5eZ41to5f%E@'ELIi$t^ Vc\LWP@J5p^rst0+('>Er0=^1{]M9!p?&:\z]|;&=NP3AhB!B_bi^]Pfkw User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-Spamscanner: mailbox4.ucsd.edu (v1.4 Oct 30 2003 22:20:52, 0.0/5.0 2.60) X-MailScanner: PASSED (v1.2.8 46885 i0INGS9g052648 mailbox4.ucsd.edu) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:6629 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:6629 Richard Stallman writes: > A minor gripe: from time to time I submit errors (mostly typos) > in the GNU Emacs sources and documentation to the list. One > thing that I haven't considered an error up to now is references > to "MS-DOG", "Windoze" and the like. > > Writing "MS-DOG" is a common practice for us--it is not an error. It serves no useful purpose, in my opinion, and it makes creating useful indices and keyword searches more difficult. In addition, it makes one look like a hypocrite if one stresses the importance of using the correct name for systems like GNU/Linux. While I do understand that the "MS-DOG" terminology has found its way into GNU documentations long before the "GNU/Linux" issue came up, I would not think it amiss changing it now where it still persists. I don't think that there remains any necessity of pointing out the deficiencies of MS-DOS as an operating system nowadays, and we don't call, say, FreeDOS (if it is mentioned anywhere) FreeDOG, either. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum