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Re: lynx-dev (patch) INSTALLATION & Options refs


From: Henry Nelson
Subject: Re: lynx-dev (patch) INSTALLATION & Options refs
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:13:39 +0900 (JST)

> PW> `cp' is a standard English abbreviation for `compare':
[...]
> Lynx should probably stick to the everyday English `see'.

Careful: don't go and change every 'cp' to `see.'  Most likely previous
writers of Lynx docs would have used 'cp' as a synonym for `copy.'

JFYI, I don't love `see,' either.  However, it is short and understood
by almost everyone.

__Henry

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