From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aidan Kehoe Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: What're the proper names for the backspace and delete keys in files.texi? Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 21:03:34 +0100 Message-ID: <17352.1942.503011.457176@parhasard.net> References: <87zmm0ijes.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net> <43C7DB82.4070308@student.lu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1137187401 18185 80.91.229.2 (13 Jan 2006 21:23:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 21:23:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 13 22:23:17 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ExWNz-0006Xs-1D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:23:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ExWQ8-0001Oy-79 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:25:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ExVBN-0001kL-Kf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:05:57 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ExVBH-0001hC-MR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:05:56 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ExVBH-0001h8-Kv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:05:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [66.111.49.30] (helo=icarus.asclepian.ie) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1ExVEJ-0004op-Nv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:08:59 -0500 Original-Received: by icarus.asclepian.ie (Postfix, from userid 1003) id 912718008E; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:03:34 +0000 (GMT) Original-To: Lennart Borgman In-Reply-To: <43C7DB82.4070308@student.lu.se> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.4 (patch 17) "Jumbo Shrimp" XEmacs Lucid X-Echelon-distraction: DERA SFPD NAIA SIW Gorizont DDP X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:49020 Archived-At: Ar an tri=C3=BA l=C3=A1 d=C3=A9ag de m=C3=AD Eanair, scr=C3=ADobh Lennar= t Borgman:=20 > > I don't agree! "a short ways" may be considered proper in the US, b= ut > > in the UK it is definitely still US-style slang, and it may not be > > understood in other English-speaking places. > > > > Let's please change this to "a short way above", which is standard > > English usage everywhere. > > Is this my keyboard or my English? I would expect something like "just= =20 > above", "right above" etc. Your keyboard. Look through the layouts available with xkeycaps if you=E2= =80=99re curious. --=20 I AM IN JAIL AND ALLOWED SEND ONLY ONE CABLE SINCE WAS ARRESTED WHILE MEASURING FIFTEEN FOOT WALL OUTSIDE PALACE AND HAVE JUST FINISHED COUNTIN= G THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDERED TWENTY TWO NAMES WHOS WHO IN MIDEAST.