XWindows manuals and stuff

TorgoX on 2006-03-15T10:16:58

Dear Log,

O'Reilly just OpenBookified the XWindows manuals. (Look in the left sidebar -- they're in no particular order there.)

XWindows? No such thing

merlyn on 2006-03-15T16:12:14

The  X Consortium requests that the following names be used when refer-
       ring to this software:

                                          X
                                   X Window System
                                    X Version 11
                             X Window System, Version 11
                                         X11

       X Window System is a trademark of X Consortium, Inc.

Re:XWindows? No such thing

TorgoX on 2006-03-17T11:08:09

I wonder why they are adverse to the thing that everyone actually calls it.

Re:XWindows? No such thing

merlyn on 2006-03-17T14:44:21

"Everyone"? Not people who pay attention. It was called X and X11 by most of my work community for many years, until "Microsoft Windows" became popular as a desktop, and then people started saying "X Windows". Ugh.

So perhaps the dichtomy comes from whether you saw X or Microsoft first, or learned from someone who did, recursively. {grin}