From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Juanma Barranquero" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Terminology in multi-tty primitives Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:43:58 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87zlihi05s.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <878wq0j52s.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1230493459 25912 80.91.229.12 (28 Dec 2008 19:44:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:44:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Eli Zaretskii" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 28 20:45:25 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 1LH1Zi-0003VE-3D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:45:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51607 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LH1YU-0004F4-KV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:44:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LH1YP-0004EQ-Td for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:44:02 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LH1YO-0004E5-Nk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:44:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60591 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LH1YO-0004E2-KK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:44:00 -0500 Original-Received: from yx-out-1718.google.com ([74.125.44.156]:45917) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LH1YN-00048A-Bq; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:43:59 -0500 Original-Received: by yx-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 34so1494892yxf.66 for ; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:43:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=CH55LrBz8zVQaGR8voFcuqj6ljeWJHW4I4dcFu0sn4g=; b=nZzfG62qKcIO5XIkyOcEWvQL5tMrF0o25aLMzp3cBbTOYPBxz42WbVRLoL93AWWaop 46CQbAMkh+Z5C3ZJthuC4ohcGutv3oOxbYvMzIpNffEhA3mgjJocr/c2sCr1pJu3p/rU ruD7mvXkWM5QC+uGATw3a6ALLqBgSRSCmHyhs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=xCUM8P+4Z8InZVERqMoyBHeUe/4hn2NiBQEYWbS1PLoIfp/3HB2Inwm/ohqLPcZI/g LXKJFBqqsxC3Qu+rquMlbEy6JogiFGetXfFHduPw7vi02Www+S/5nWz7bCj+rqve92A/ vv3cwnXugWmwLs0nR5xGmQ2aliiwox59eeq14= Original-Received: by 10.100.132.14 with SMTP id f14mr7310285and.107.1230493438311; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:43:58 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.100.13.13 with HTTP; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:43:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:107348 Archived-At: On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 20:18, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > Here's another > example: we have make-frame-on-display, make-frame-on-tty, and > make-terminal-frame; and then we have make-frame that can do all of > the above. IMO, it's terribly confusing. > > But again, maybe I'm the only one who is confused. No. I find the make-frame-* multiplicity confusing, too (and the terminal/tty stuff, but I mostly don't deal with it). Juanma