Allan Rae wrote:
>
This is starting to get boring isn't it?
But I can't resist 1 more fling. The X of X Window (which was an upgrade
from the W Window system) is put at the beginning of words (Xfig, Xalan,
Xinetd, and others). Have you ever seen it put at the end?
And if it were the case that LyX was really Ly + X, what would the Ly
mean?
Are you sure that both you and they were sober whem you received this
piece
of linguistic arcana 5 year's ago?
I presume that when X window has 2 major upgrades, it will become Z
Window
and you will be able use the mark of Zorro for it.
John O'Gorman
>
> It would if it weren't for the fact that the X was meant to reflect the X
> in X-Windows. At least that is what I was told when I first joined the
> team about 5 years ago.
> So is the X in X-Windows an X, a Xi, a Chi or the mark of a very drunk
> Zorro?
>
> Allan. (ARRae)
