On Fri, 2002-02-22 at 03:54, Gabor Hojtsy wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jim Ekleberry > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 5:36 PM > Subject: Spelling correction for manual > > > Hello :-) > > I'm not sure if you care about this but I wanted to let you know about it. > > In the Predefined Variables page of the manual the $_ENV listing has a spelling >error. The word in question is Automagically which I believe is meant to be >Automatically. > > As I said before, I just wanted to let you know if this is something that you would >want corrected. > > Thanks for your time and I hope you have a good one! > > Jim E. :-)
It's actually intentional. I didn't put it there, but it's a fairly common term. From the Jargon File: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/automagically.html automagically /aw-toh-maj'i-klee/ adv. Automatically, but in a way that, for some reason (typically because it is too complicated, or too ugly, or perhaps even too trivial), the speaker doesn't feel like explaining to you. See magic. "The C-INTERCAL compiler generates C, then automagically invokes cc(1) to produce an executable." This term is quite old, going back at least to the mid-70s in jargon and probably much earlier. The word `automagic' occurred in advertising (for a shirt-ironing gadget) as far back as the late 1940s. Cheers, Torben -- Torben Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.thebuttlesschaps.com http://www.hybrid17.com http://www.inflatableeye.com +1.604.709.0506
