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Re: Addition to emacsbug.el


From: Jan D.
Subject: Re: Addition to emacsbug.el
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 10:07:43 +0200
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Richard Stallman wrote:
    +     (if (fboundp 'x-server-vendor)
    +       (insert "X vendor `" (x-server-vendor) "', vendor version "
    +               (format "%d" (nth 2 (x-server-version))) "\n"))

This uses the term "vendor" which we disparage.  (In fact, I just got
through editing the doc strings and the Lisp manual to say so.)
Please say "distributor" instead of "vendor".
>
> For the same reasons, please say "X server distributor", not just "X
> distributor".

OK, I used "Distributor" and "version". That makes more sense on Mac OSX as there it is not about X.

        Jan D.




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