From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 9 08:47:52 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 234C116A400; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 08:47:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (ns0.blackend.org [82.227.222.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C8D613C45E; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 08:47:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (gothic.blackend.org [192.168.1.203]) by abigail.blackend.org (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l398lk7G049942; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 10:47:47 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (localhost.blackend.org [127.0.0.1]) by gothic.blackend.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l398lxtZ001052; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 10:47:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@gothic.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by gothic.blackend.org (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l398lwGt001051; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 10:47:58 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 10:47:58 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Kevin Oberman Message-ID: <20070409084758.GA976@gothic.blackend.org> References: <20070408202252.GG1024@zaphod.nitro.dk> <20070409012919.3D2B145054@ptavv.es.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070409012919.3D2B145054@ptavv.es.net> X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, "Simon L. Nielsen" Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization chapter.sgml X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:47:52 -0000 --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" > > 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--