From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net>
Cc: 16031@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16031: references to X windows (sic)
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 19:31:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y2zv5fdg.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y5439hb7.fsf@violet.siamics.net> (Ivan Shmakov's message of "Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:35:56 +0000")
Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> writes:
> As of babc40c41c5c, Emacs uses “X windows” when refering to the
> X Window System (also known as X Window or simply X) in
> user-visible output (mostly documentation strings.) I believe
> that these references should use one of the proper names
> instead.
I think it's fine to refer to X as "X windows" in Emacs -- I don't think
there's much chance of confusion here, so I'm closing this as a "wontfix".
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2013-12-02 19:35 bug#16031: references to X windows (sic) Ivan Shmakov
2019-08-15 2:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
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