On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 07:25:34PM +0200, Ennio-Sr wrote: > * Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [140708, 01:29]: > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:22:33AM +0200, Ennio-Sr wrote: > > > I've never used it, so I cannot give you first hand info. Did you > > > follow thw instructions laid out in 'man muttrc'? i.e.: > > > > > > --- quote --- > > > [...] > > > fcc-save-hook [!]pattern filename > > > This command is an abbreviation for identical fcc-hook and > > > save- > > > hook commands. > > > > > > --- unquote --- > > > > An abbreviation? I don't think abbreviation is the correct word in this > > case. > > > > Why not? It's two commands in one, and that's what an _abbreviation_ > seems to be (but English is not my mother tongue...):
I thought an abbreviation was more like using (e.g, for example) or (etc for etcetera). > ---- quote [from 'dict abbreviation'] ---- > 4 definitions found > > From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: > > Abbreviation \Ab*bre`vi*a"tion\, n. [LL. abbreviatio: cf. F. > abbr['e]viation.] > 1. The act of shortening, or reducing. > [1913 Webster] Mmmm Abbreviation is a noun, but the phrase "The act of shortening, or reducing." is treating it as a verb. > From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: > > abbreviation > n 1: a shortened form of a word or phrase > 2: shortening something by omitting parts of it > > ---- unquote --- I can see that "fcc-save-hook" is an X of "fcc-hook" and "save-hook". I am just not sure that abbreviation is the right replacement for X. Maybe juxtaposition, but even then, it doesn't seem quite right, but I *am* being pedantic - sorry. -- Chris. ====== "One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes were being counted." -- Thomas B. Reed
