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Re: Terminology in multi-tty primitives
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Terminology in multi-tty primitives |
Date: |
Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:09:39 +0200 |
> From: Chong Yidong <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:00:31 -0500
>
> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > . Sometimes we use "tty", as in `suspend-tty' and
> > `make-frame-on-tty', and sometimes "terminal", as in
> > `delete-terminal'.
>
> Here, `terminal' is a catch-all term for an input/output device,
> including both ttys (text-only terminals) and X/Win32-win/Nextstep
> (graphical terminals). In contrast, tty should always refer to
> text-only terminals.
But there's no delete-tty or suspend-terminal.
- Terminology in multi-tty primitives, Eli Zaretskii, 2008/12/27
- Terminology in multi-tty primitives, Eli Zaretskii, 2008/12/27
- Re: Terminology in multi-tty primitives, Chong Yidong, 2008/12/27
- Re: Terminology in multi-tty primitives,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: Terminology in multi-tty primitives, Chong Yidong, 2008/12/27
- Re: Terminology in multi-tty primitives, Eli Zaretskii, 2008/12/28
- Re: Terminology in multi-tty primitives, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/12/28
- Re: Terminology in multi-tty primitives, Chong Yidong, 2008/12/29
- Re: Terminology in multi-tty primitives, Eli Zaretskii, 2008/12/29
- Re: Terminology in multi-tty primitives, Richard M Stallman, 2008/12/29
- Re: Terminology in multi-tty primitives, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2008/12/29
- Re: Terminology in multi-tty primitives, Richard M Stallman, 2008/12/30
- Re: Terminology in multi-tty primitives, Stefan Monnier, 2008/12/30
- Re: Terminology in multi-tty primitives, Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/12/30