Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 06:56:24 -0800 (PST) From: Raf Schietekat <Raf_Schietekat@ieee.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/32901: Misleading statement about "X Windows" Message-ID: <200112161456.fBGEuOS21275@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 32901 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Misleading statement about "X Windows" >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Dec 16 07:00:01 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Raf Schietekat >Release: 4.4-R >Organization: >Environment: N/A >Description: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-understanding.html has a section: >How-To-Repeat: N/A >Fix: Suggested improvement (aiming for neutrality, self-containedness), carefully deliberated (so don't dismiss lightly): >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: >>>>> X can be called ``X'', ``X Window System'', ``X11'', and other terms. ``X Windows'' is to be avoided wherever possible; see X(1) for more information. <<<<< Problems: X(1) link is broken, and it is an overblown statement about "X Windows". >>>>> Alternative forms for ``X'' suggested by the X Consortium, such as the trademarked full name ``X Window System'' and a few combinations which add the version number, can be found in X(1). If you want to adhere to that list, you should not be calling it ` `X Windows'', another name commonly used. <<<<< The link for X(1) should be http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=X&manpath=FreeBSD+Ports Also nice would be a link for the X Consortium (www.x.org doesn't seem to mention that name, BTW). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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