From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Yates Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Proposal to improve the nomenclature of scrolling directions Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 13:14:48 -0600 Message-ID: References: <87a9uwumbv.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <87bofbv7xe.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <3093429F14FC4731AF4D47584B16FCF2@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1352229301 25387 80.91.229.3 (6 Nov 2012 19:15:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 19:15:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Adrian Robert , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 06 20:15:10 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TVoc9-0008U4-U0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:15:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33210 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TVoc0-0002Qz-QA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:15:00 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:43097) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TVobu-0002P3-8N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:14:58 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TVobq-00025l-1E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:14:54 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-bk0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41]:44712) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TVobp-00025M-QN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:14:49 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-bk0-f41.google.com with SMTP id jm1so428009bkc.0 for ; Tue, 06 Nov 2012 11:14:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=y735YEG7AMPBDWvGHLeiuFjmnXnBNy0h5rxb+ykPlmw=; b=pSrouY5J2A3aR5dSfXHkh1bxtghU8yIAifw/qX+oMS3W3O1Fo9sT2WIEk1EK+DBsmP 8JZmOE4lHJnw/k7Ir48Q5QBEpROyAUEa8PFyHITKJEVjaFRoYJfs24JquInfUNP7+B41 VCYjWyMPVbLsY5V0hZMP1dmkobwAEE2z4hsH+3OPeCNc6RDIHoBs6dzjkFz+GYzVfSjW 536Idt45tVgPn/supk9bv/2dlD8Ypl7UmHTkPC3Okq4iP9FplIkalFbyrpdaY4K4Q96L HT1F4IvY/GcLkmGbM6V7dEN9Qtj3VmVYXD6kC+OgkFn4SzChxau+/CWPFBOpWOr61CYk 0ZPA== Original-Received: by 10.204.5.204 with SMTP id 12mr555233bkw.89.1352229288433; Tue, 06 Nov 2012 11:14:48 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.205.44.199 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Nov 2012 11:14:48 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <3093429F14FC4731AF4D47584B16FCF2@us.oracle.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: pRj1GxNAkN4BZeGVeujU0tlLPqM X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.214.41 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:154706 Archived-At: On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Drew Adams introduced a description of various ways to experience "scrolling" in the physical world via > 1. Long after the advent and even the widespread use of digital computers, ... Many on this list probably are old enough to remember fan folded paper continuously fed into line printers and dot matrix terminals. True old timers will have worked on Teletype machines fed from fat rolls of pulpy yellow paper. When programmers describe a shell session captured in a file or a buffer as a "typescript" I have always assumed that terminology to hearken back to such physical experiences. /john