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Re: Apologia for bzr


From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
Subject: Re: Apologia for bzr
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 07:21:44 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux)

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

> This said, the "what you call a window is called a frame" is not nearly
> as problematic as "what we call window is not what you think", so maybe
> renaming "window" to "pane" would get us most of the benefit.

I think you're right there.  If we just get rid of the word "window", I
think that'll fix most confusions.  "Pane" and "frame" are more
"technical" terms, and people aren't as apt to make assumptions about
what they mean.

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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