From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Phil Carmody Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: basic question: going back to dired Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:21:07 +0300 Organization: Saunalahti Customer Message-ID: <87bq0n1qak.fsf@nonospaz.fatphil.org> References: <4884DC7F.6060406@gmail.com> <819feff4-76e3-4bf8-9ece-7b47f099efc2@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> <96a95b9c-048d-4bb0-aaa1-4b552623bde6@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216899684 22964 80.91.229.12 (24 Jul 2008 11:41:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:41:24 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 24 13:42:13 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KLzCr-0008E9-MK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:42:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50827 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KLzBy-0004YL-7o for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:41:06 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!feeder.erje.net!feeder2.news.saunalahti.fi!reader1.news.saunalahti.fi!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:j6ZHMkFCMMJ5d2Ih/cXV7BCf5lA= Original-Lines: 32 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.143.57.195 Original-X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@saunalahti.com Original-X-Trace: reader1.news.saunalahti.fi 1216898484 83.143.57.195 (Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:21:24 EEST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:21:24 EEST Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:160548 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:55895 Archived-At: Alan Mackenzie writes: > Hi, ???Xah! > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 01:44:27PM -0700, Xah wrote: >> Hi all, instead of responding to each message in this thread, i >> thought i just write one post. > >> ??? among the alternative terms for buffer: tabs, panel, window, work >> space..., i think tabs is a good candidate. > > I think you mean "tab", the singular. Why is "???tab" good. Look up the > word in a dictionary, and you'll find it's a bit of material or paper > which sticks out so that you can hold of it easily. Or it can mean a > cigarette. Do we really want to be manipulating sticky-out bits or > cigarettes? > > "Buffer" means something which separates and smoothes interactions > between things which would otherwise damage eachother; for example, the > spring loaded pads on railway waggons which stop them jossling eachother > too badly, or the "buffer zone" between two hostile countries which stop > them killing eachother too much. In Emacs, a buffer stops your changes > being written directly onto hard disk sectors, so the name isn't too bad. You might also have a savings account as a buffer to tide you over. That's more of a pure storage connotation. One of the *best* things about 'buffer' is that it's so nebulous. Phil -- Dear aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all. -- Microsoft voice recognition live demonstration