From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Dec 8 2: 8:22 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from excalibur.skynet.be (excalibur.skynet.be [195.238.3.135]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BD5037B417 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 02:08:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from skynet.be (dialup163.herentals.skynet.be [195.238.28.163]) by excalibur.skynet.be (8.11.6/8.11.6/Skynet-OUT-2.16) with ESMTP id fB8A8C807594; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 11:08:12 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from ) Message-ID: <3C11E69B.4080406@skynet.be> Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2001 11:08:27 +0100 From: Raf Schietekat Reply-To: Raf_Schietekat@ieee.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.4) Gecko/20011019 Netscape6/6.2 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X-Windows References: <3C102234.6040100@skynet.be> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Gary W. Swearingen wrote: >[..] > That should be > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=X&manpath=FreeBSD+Ports Yes, this works, but now someone has to actually change the Handbook (which is why I'm sending these remarks to doc@FreeBSD.org). >[..] > The quoted statement is overblown in my opinion. >[...] Your explanation clarifies a lot, but then this statement should be toned down, and my suggestion to check for occurrences of "X Windows" loses its urgency, if not its relevance. I propose: >>>>> 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. <<<<< Raf Schietekat P.S.: Is the boss of the stuff about kdm reading this (see my other question), or should I go to FreeBSD-questions first? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message