From: "Jan D." <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Addition to emacsbug.el
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 10:07:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4180A8CF.1000002@swipnet.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1CN3iN-0006y6-UW@fencepost.gnu.org>
Richard Stallman wrote:
> + (if (fboundp 'x-server-vendor)
> + (insert "X vendor `" (x-server-vendor) "', vendor version "
> + (format "%d" (nth 2 (x-server-version))) "\n"))
>
> This uses the term "vendor" which we disparage. (In fact, I just got
> through editing the doc strings and the Lisp manual to say so.)
> Please say "distributor" instead of "vendor".
>
> For the same reasons, please say "X server distributor", not just "X
> distributor".
OK, I used "Distributor" and "version". That makes more sense on Mac OSX as
there it is not about X.
Jan D.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-28 8:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-27 9:37 Addition to emacsbug.el Jan D.
2004-10-27 13:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-10-27 19:37 ` Jan D.
2004-10-27 20:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-10-28 6:21 ` Jan D.
2004-10-28 19:54 ` Stefan
2004-10-29 9:37 ` Jan D.
2004-10-29 12:28 ` Jan D.
2004-10-29 21:17 ` Stefan
2004-10-30 15:01 ` Jan D.
2004-10-30 16:53 ` Stefan
2004-10-30 17:17 ` Jan D.
2004-10-28 6:24 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-28 8:07 ` Jan D. [this message]
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