Interesting query! In the case of the manual, this would be a subset of the
fourth definition:
4: electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying
electrical quantities [syn: {oscilloscope}, {scope},
{cathode-ray oscilloscope}, {CRO}]
The use of this equipment became standard in video work to understand the video
signal. Hence a video scope is a more specific version of this. See, for
contemporary usage:
https://www.vegascreativesoftware.com/us/video-editing/video-scopes-waveform-vectorscope-for-accurate-color-grading/
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/video/tips-and-solutions/introduction-waveforms-scopes-and-exposure
https://blog.frame.io/2017/09/27/introduction-to-video-scopes/
As the histogram readout in darktable has expanded to waveform and now RGB
parade, it seems to make sense to use the more general term.
(Of course, the real change would be to rename src/libs/histogram.c to
src/libs/scopes.c, but that might be a bridge too far...)
Dan
On Wed, Jul 29, 2020, at 9:09 AM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * Jeronimo Pellegrini <j...@aleph0.info> [07-29-20 05:27]:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am updating the translation of the manual, and
> > I see that the work "scope" was introduced in the
> > last few days.
> > I'd like to confirm this: in this context, "scope"
> > has the same meaning as "screen of a measuring
> > device", such as "the screen of a oscilloscope"
> > (hence the similar name). It does make a lot of sense
> > if I read the text like that. Is it correct?
>
> scope is an area affected or an area of controll
> or the state of the environment in which a situation exists
>
> ie:
> n 1: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or
> control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a
> greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of
> municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this
> article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside
> the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world
> power" [syn: {scope}, {range}, {reach}, {orbit}, {compass},
> {ambit}]
> 2: the state of the environment in which a situation exists;
> "you can't do that in a university setting" [syn: {setting},
> {background}, {scope}]
> 3: a magnifier of images of distant objects [syn: {telescope},
> {scope}]
> 4: electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying
> electrical quantities [syn: {oscilloscope}, {scope},
> {cathode-ray oscilloscope}, {CRO}]
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