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Re: [PATCH 6/9] Rename `w32' local to `nt' for clarity
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Daniel Colascione |
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Re: [PATCH 6/9] Rename `w32' local to `nt' for clarity |
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Tue, 07 Aug 2012 10:07:26 -0700 |
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On 8/7/12 9:40 AM, Drew Adams wrote:
>> How about "windows" or "ms-windows"? w32os is misleading, or will be,
>> once Emacs could be built as a 64-bit process.
>
> FWIW, I vote against just "windows" because of possible confusion with other
> meanings of "window". Yes, I understand that the context probably dispels
> confusion here. Still, it's a good idea to avoid it consistently (and to
> facilitate searching etc.).
>
> "ms-windows" is pretty clear. But if you also sometimes need something
> shorter
> and not 32/64-specific as a replacement for "w32", try "msw" or some such.
> Whatever you choose, please use it consistently throughout Emacs.
We use WINDOWSNT in the C source, we might as well use 'windowsnt on
the Lisp side. I'd thought 'nt would be a decent-enough shorthand for
'windowsnt.
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[PATCH 4/9] Fix emacsclient to work with cygw32, Daniel Colascione, 2012/08/07
[PATCH 5/9] Prevent crash if w32 used before it's initialized, Daniel Colascione, 2012/08/07