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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.




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