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Re: Emacs/Publishing/WYSIWYG
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Tim Johnson |
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Re: Emacs/Publishing/WYSIWYG |
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Fri, 1 Jun 2018 07:31:14 -0800 |
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* Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> [180531 03:41]:
> On Wednesday, 30 May 2018 at 11:10, Tim Johnson wrote:
> > Having said that, when ken refers to "geekified terminology" it
> > brings up what has been a pet peeve of mine for decades: The use
> > of domain-specific terminology for various software systems.
>
> This is a problem not just in software but in almost any area of human
> endeavour! For instance, the word "model" means a person in the fashion
> industry, an animal in the bio-sciences, a physical artefact in
> architecture, a set of mathematical equations in engineering, ...
>
> There are indeed domain specific terms in the org (and Emacs more
> generally) documentation. I'm sure all would appreciate contributions
> to the documentation, however!
What he said!
Consider the word "control": as a programmer, has one
meaning; my son the accountant uses the same word differently.
Control has an entirely separate meaning in surveying. As a
onetime surveyor I watched dumbfounded as a fellow surveyor told a
property owner that we were "controlling" his property line.
Didn't think I was going to get out of that one alive ...
--
Tim Johnson
http://www.tj49.com
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