From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jsbien@mimuw.edu.pl (=?iso-8859-2?q?Janusz_S._Bie=F1?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: why `view-lossage' is called so? Date: 26 Apr 2003 07:49:56 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87of2tst8b.fsf_-_@mimuw.edu.pl> References: <3D744D5B.6050100@fit-zones.DELETE-THE-SPAM-BLOCK.com> Reply-To: jsbien@mimuw.edu.pl NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1051336302 14980 80.91.224.249 (26 Apr 2003 05:51:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 05:51:42 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 26 07:51:41 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 199Ib7-0003tS-00 for ; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 07:51:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 199IbL-0003Ap-08 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 01:51:55 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 199IbC-0003Aj-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 01:51:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 199IbB-0003AX-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 01:51:46 -0400 Original-Received: from duch.mimuw.edu.pl ([193.0.96.2]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 199IbB-00036F-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 01:51:45 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by duch.mimuw.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E307587E; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 07:51:43 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from duch.mimuw.edu.pl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (duch [127.0.0.1:10024]) (amavisd-new) with ESMTP id 26695-05; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 07:51:42 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by duch.mimuw.edu.pl (Postfix, from userid 1009) id 60A94587C; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 07:51:42 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <3D744D5B.6050100@fit-zones.DELETE-THE-SPAM-BLOCK.com> Original-Lines: 26 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.95 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:8849 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:8849 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (06 Jun 01) says: lossage /los'*j/ The result of a {bug} or malfunction. This is a mass or collective noun. "What a loss!" and "What lossage!" are nearly synonymous. The former is slightly more particular to the speaker's present circumstances; the latter implies a continuing {lose} of which the speaker is currently a victim. Thus (for example) a temporary hardware failure is a loss, but bugs in an important tool (like a compiler) are serious lossage. I see no relation between the meaning of the word and the results of `view-lossage' commands. Best regards Janusz -- , dr hab. Janusz S. Bien, prof. UW Prof. Janusz S. Bien, Warsaw Uniwersity http://www.orient.uw.edu.pl/~jsbien/