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bug#3035: 23.0.92; doc, terminology for graphics, display, terminal, etc
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Eli Zaretskii |
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bug#3035: 23.0.92; doc, terminology for graphics, display, terminal, etc. |
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Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:47:19 +0300 |
> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:52:08 -0700
>
> > > 2. In the Elisp manual, I see the use of terms such as "graphical
> > > terminal", "graphicical display" (also "graphics display"),
> > > "(non-)graphics-capable display", "text terminals" (opposed to
> > > graphical), "graphic characters", and "graphical
> > > attributes", without any real explanation or definition.
> >
> > From the node "Frames", near the beginning:
> >
> > There are two classes of terminals: text-only terminals and
> > graphical terminals. Text-only terminals are non-graphics-capable
> > display devices, including "terminal emulators" such as xterm. On
> > text-only terminals, each frame occupies the entire
> > terminal screen;
> > although you can create additional frames and switch
> > between them, only
> > one frame can be shown at any given time. We refer to frames on
> > text-only terminals as "terminal frames". Graphical
> > terminals, on the
> > other hand, are graphics-capable windowing systems, such as the X
> > Window System. On a graphical terminal, Emacs can
> > display multiple
> > frames simultaneously. We refer to such frames as
> > "window frames".
> >
> > If this is not good enough, please tell what is missing.
>
> Yes, that helps wrt "graphical terminal" and "text terminal" (but not with the
> rest).
But that's what your Item 2 (above) was all about: the distinction
between text and graphical terminals. What else is needed?
> (BTW, in my version, it says "On these "multi-monitor" setups, a single
> DISPLAY
> value controls the output to all the physical monitors.")
My citation was from today's CVS.
> BTW, I see in passing this, in node Multiple Displays: "_the_ selected frame".
> Is it normal that those underscores are shown as such?
That's how emphasis is shown in Info. In print, it comes out in
slanted typeface.
> > They are not. Each one should be explained in its own place, and the
> > more important ones, although certainly not all, are in the Glossary
> > node.
>
> I see. That's good.
>
> How do I get to the Glossary node? I tried `g Glossary' and got no match. I
> tried `C-h m' and `?' and looked for "Glossary" in the Info mode help and
> summary, but didn't find it in either.
Sorry, I mean the Glossary in the Emacs manual, not in ELisp.
- bug#3035: 23.0.92; doc, terminology for graphics, display, terminal, etc., Drew Adams, 2009/04/17
- bug#3035: 23.0.92; doc, terminology for graphics, display, terminal, etc., Eli Zaretskii, 2009/04/18
- bug#3035: 23.0.92; doc, terminology for graphics, display, terminal, etc., Drew Adams, 2009/04/18
- bug#3035: 23.0.92; doc, terminology for graphics, display, terminal, etc.,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#3035: 23.0.92; doc, terminology for graphics, display, terminal, etc., Drew Adams, 2009/04/18
- bug#3035: 23.0.92; doc, terminology for graphics, display, terminal, etc., Eli Zaretskii, 2009/04/18
- bug#3035: 23.0.92; doc, terminology for graphics, display, terminal, etc., Drew Adams, 2009/04/18
- bug#3035: 23.0.92; doc, terminology for graphics, display, terminal, etc., Eli Zaretskii, 2009/04/18
- bug#3035: 23.0.92; doc, terminology for graphics, display, terminal, etc., Drew Adams, 2009/04/18
- bug#3035: 23.0.92; doc, terminology for graphics, display, terminal, etc., Stefan Monnier, 2009/04/18
- bug#3035: 23.0.92; doc, terminology for graphics, display, terminal, etc., Drew Adams, 2009/04/19
- bug#3035: 23.0.92; doc, terminology for graphics, display, terminal, etc., Stefan Monnier, 2009/04/19
- bug#3035: 23.0.92; doc, terminology for graphics, display, terminal, etc., Drew Adams, 2009/04/19
- bug#3035: 23.0.92; doc, terminology for graphics, display, terminal, etc., Stefan Monnier, 2009/04/20
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