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RE: Rename "window" to "pane" (after Emacs 27)


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: Rename "window" to "pane" (after Emacs 27)
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2020 11:56:00 -0700 (PDT)

> > Oh, and BTW, in the jargon of web browsers and HTML
> > there is even a notion of "frame" which is, in a way,
> > akin to an Emacs window: HTML element <frame>.
> > IOW, in a way, the two terms are swapped, to the
> > extent that anyone even uses "frame" outside Emacs.
> > (Element <frame> isn't used much anymore.)
> 
> iframes are still used, and will continue to be used for years.

Yes, thanks.  I had mentioned only <frame> (which
isn't even supported in HTML5).

> The terms are swapped, yes. If they weren't swapped (and just one of
> them had an "unusual" meaning in Emacs), that would have been less of a
> problem.



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