GNU bug report logs - #16031
references to X windows (sic)

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From: Ivan Shmakov <ivan <at> siamics.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: references to X windows (sic) 
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:35:56 +0000

	As of babc40c41c5c, Emacs uses “X windows” when refering to the
	X Window System (also known as X Window or simply X) in
	user-visible output (mostly documentation strings.)  I believe
	that these references should use one of the proper names
	instead.

	The files affected are as follows.

configure.ac
lisp/select.el
lisp/startup.el
lisp/term/ns-win.el
lisp/textmodes/artist.el
lisp/w32-common-fns.el
src/dispnew.c
src/frame.c
src/keyboard.c
src/w16select.c
src/w32fns.c
src/w32select.c
src/xfns.c

$ grep -irnFC1 --include=\*.{ac,c,el} -- 'X windows' 

	As an aside, when ${x_includes} and ${x_libraries} are ‘NONE’,
	configure produces:

  Where do we find X Windows header files?                NONE
  Where do we find X Windows libraries?                   NONE

	There, NOWHERE seems somehow more appropriate.

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Message #8 received at 16031 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Ivan Shmakov <ivan <at> siamics.net>
Cc: 16031 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16031: references to X windows (sic)
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 19:31:07 -0700

Ivan Shmakov <ivan <at> siamics.net> writes:

> 	As of babc40c41c5c, Emacs uses “X windows” when refering to the
> 	X Window System (also known as X Window or simply X) in
> 	user-visible output (mostly documentation strings.)  I believe
> 	that these references should use one of the proper names
> 	instead.

I think it's fine to refer to X as "X windows" in Emacs -- I don't think
there's much chance of confusion here, so I'm closing this as a "wontfix".

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