From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Terminology in multi-tty primitives Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:00:31 -0500 Message-ID: <87zlihi05s.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1230426043 21426 80.91.229.12 (28 Dec 2008 01:00:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 01:00:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 28 02:01:49 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LGk2O-0008Hv-Ss for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 02:01:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48446 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LGk19-0000cQ-6s for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:00:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LGk14-0000c6-AQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:00:26 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LGk12-0000bm-P1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:00:26 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52709 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LGk12-0000bi-LE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:00:24 -0500 Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu ([18.115.2.24]:34252) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LGk10-0003jr-D8; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:00:22 -0500 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 75E8157E217; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:00:31 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:23:27 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:107316 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > . Sometimes we use "tty", as in `suspend-tty' and > `make-frame-on-tty', and sometimes "terminal", as in > `delete-terminal'. Here, `terminal' is a catch-all term for an input/output device, including both ttys (text-only terminals) and X/Win32-win/Nextstep (graphical terminals). In contrast, tty should always refer to text-only terminals. > . Doc strings of several functions use the term "terminal id", but > the functions accept a _terminal_object_, not an ID. Since a > terminal has an integer ID associated with it > (cf. `get-device-terminal's return value), a user could easily be > confused to think that we mean that integer identifier. Those doc strings should be corrected.