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From: | Stefan Monnier |
Subject: | bug#3035: 23.0.92; doc, terminology for graphics, display, terminal, etc. |
Date: | Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:24:48 -0400 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) |
>> You're simply wrong. Maybe in the texts you read it's not >> common practice. But in the texts I read it is. > Read more. Technical manuals, in particular, since that is the domain in > question. > Yes, some do adopt the same appearance (e.g. italics) for defined > terms as for emphasis (stress). You might argue that there are enough > that do this that it can be called _a_ common practice, but it is by > no means _the_ common practice. What other convention have you seen? > Red herring. Obviously, such terms need to be made to stand out > (emphasized). I stated that from the beginning. Sorry, I had missed that part. I'm glad we agree. Stefan
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