From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dave Abrahams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-x 2 and C-x 3 Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:00:28 -0800 Message-ID: References: <87wrbs5vsx.fsf@gnu.org> <4EA7EBCF.70207@harpegolden.net> <87sjmf7rip.fsf@ginnungagap.bsc.es> <87obx33pss.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <81zkgmpljv.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1319850925 24960 80.91.229.12 (29 Oct 2011 01:15:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:15:25 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 29 03:15:15 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RJxVy-0005Yo-0r for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:15:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45463 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RJxVx-0003J5-E6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:15:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:38142) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RJxVu-0003Hn-3Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:15:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RJxVs-0000nJ-Rb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:15:10 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:38686) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RJxVs-0000n2-Kq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:15:08 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RJxVq-0005Xt-K5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:15:06 +0200 Original-Received: from 129-134-58-66.gci.net ([66.58.134.129]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:15:06 +0200 Original-Received: from dave by 129-134-58-66.gci.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:15:06 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 16 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 129-134-58-66.gci.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/23.3 (darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:SSRLmiZNtpYxOuf9g9/PujcTbnw= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 80.91.229.12 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:145736 Archived-At: on Thu Oct 27 2011, Jambunathan K wrote: >> copy-window-below, copy-window-above, >> copy-window-right, copy-window-left > > One copies to an existing object. But clones (to) a new object. Since we're painting the bike shed... No, one /assigns/ to an existing object and copies to a new object. -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com