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Re: Missing frame parameters on tty's
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Missing frame parameters on tty's |
Date: |
Mon, 18 Jan 2016 19:07:46 +0200 |
> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 17:03:32 +0000
> Cc: address@hidden
> From: Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden>
>
> > I'd suggest something like
>
> > (Note that none of these parameters exist on text-mode frames.)
>
> OK, but I'm not too keen on "text-mode" frames - there's a danger of
> confusion with the major mode of that name. How about:
>
> (Note that none of these parameters exist on text terminal frames.}
>
> , using the original term "text terminal", but keeping the sentence in
> parenteses? After all, the main purpose is to alert Emacs Lisp hackers
> to the possibility of these frame parameters being nil; exactly when
> they are going to be nil is of secondary importance.
The official terminology is "TTY frames" or "text-mode frames". But I
won't insist.