From: drf5n@mug.sys.virginia.edu
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: why `view-lossage' is called so?
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 13:38:44 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0304261318170.278-100000@mug.sys.virginia.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87of2tst8b.fsf_-_@mimuw.edu.pl>
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On 26 Apr 2003, [iso-8859-2] Janusz S. Bieñ wrote:
>
> The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (06 Jun 01) says:
>
> lossage
...
>
> I see no relation between the meaning of the word and the results of
> `view-lossage' commands.
I think of it as more of a lossage-recovery tool: If you need to
view-lossage, you've probably experienced an unexpected lossage. It might
make better sense named as 'view-keyboard-log' or 'view-keystroke-log',
but I've always had a hard time guessing the right keywords for emacs
commands.
Dave
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-26 17:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-30 14:46 override defcustom Bruce Ingalls
2002-08-31 16:19 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-09-01 3:27 ` Bruce Ingalls
2002-09-01 18:36 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-09-02 14:32 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-09-03 5:44 ` Bruce Ingalls
2002-09-03 13:04 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-04-26 5:49 ` why `view-lossage' is called so? Janusz S. Bień
2003-04-26 17:38 ` drf5n [this message]
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2003-05-05 0:49 ` Bob Nelson
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