Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 10:47:58 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization chapter.sgml Message-ID: <20070409084758.GA976@gothic.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <20070409012919.3D2B145054@ptavv.es.net> References: <20070408202252.GG1024@zaphod.nitro.dk> <20070409012919.3D2B145054@ptavv.es.net>
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--C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Apr 08, 2007 at 06:29:19PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 22:22:53 +0200 > > From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> > > Sender: owner-cvs-all@freebsd.org > >=20 > > On 2007.04.08 18:37:20 +0000, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > > > blackend 2007-04-08 18:37:20 UTC > > >=20 > > > FreeBSD doc repository > > >=20 > > > Modified files: > > > en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization chapter.sgml=20 > > > Log: > > > - s/X-Windows/X Window > >=20 > > "X Window" sounds a bit odd to me - it mainly sounds like a single > > window in X. I think it would sound better as either "X Window > > System" (that's what X(7) says) or simply "X"? >=20 > To be properly and legally pedantic, it should be 'X window' when > referring to a single window or 'X windows' when referring to multiple > windows. The term "Windows" is a trademark of some commercial software > firm. MIT and Project Athena made it very clear that it was '"X", a > windowing system' and not X-windows. >=20 > The name "X" was simply a follow-on to the previous MIT developed system > with the more obvious name of "W".If memory serves, "W" was not Athena, > pre-dating the cooperative project that gave us X, Kerberos, and lots of > other goodies. And, it you ever had the "fun" of using "W", you will > realize that "X" is not an enhancement of "W", but a completely new > system that was far closer to being practical in the real world. >=20 > If there is any question, I can check with some of the old Athena people > to confirm or deny this. I still know where at least one of them lives > (cyber-space wise). The X(7) manual page proposes: X, X Window System, X11 (and also X Version 11, X Window System, Version 11), it's what I used in the X11 chapter. It's true that in the virtualization chapter "X Window" does not respect X(7) proposals and may be confusing, so let's use X or X11. I still have some things to fix in that chapter, I will try to do the X change with the rest in one step. --=20 Marc --C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGGf29zQ9RwE+OdOgRAs9hAJ9yagDFfq5UMMWKKXSbfM91kc0eXQCdFLGc hIGQxBovlZYOK2NwY0v99t4= =24Mm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc--
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