Re: manual: Why use 'maude' as the example program name?

2018-02-25 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Bob" == Bob Friesenhahn writes: Bob> I think that we should have respect for the author's Bob> dog. Disrespecting the author's dog is not far from disrespecting the Bob> author. Haha, well my memory of my dog is why I'd rather keep the text. It's fine to disrespect me, but not Maude -- s

Re: manual: Why use 'maude' as the example program name?

2018-02-25 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
I think that we should have respect for the author's dog. Disrespecting the author's dog is not far from disrespecting the author. Bob -- Bob Friesenhahn bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/

Re: manual: Why use 'maude' as the example program name?

2018-02-25 Thread Mathieu Lirzin
Tom Tromey writes: >> "Jonas" == Jonas Thiem writes: > > Jonas> Disclaimer: I haven't read this part of the docs myself. But for what > Jonas> it's worth, I think Maude looks a bit like a misspelling of Make and > Jonas> doesn't stick out that well, compared to "exampleprog" or something. >

Re: manual: Why use 'maude' as the example program name?

2018-02-25 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Jonas" == Jonas Thiem writes: Jonas> Disclaimer: I haven't read this part of the docs myself. But for what Jonas> it's worth, I think Maude looks a bit like a misspelling of Make and Jonas> doesn't stick out that well, compared to "exampleprog" or something. One such section starts:

GNU Automake 1.16 released

2018-02-25 Thread Mathieu Lirzin
We are pleased to announce the GNU Automake 1.16 minor release. This release follows 1.15.1 which was made 8 months ago. See below for the detailed list of changes since the previous version, as summarized by the NEWS file. Download here: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.16.tar.gz

Re: manual: Why use 'maude' as the example program name?

2018-02-25 Thread Jonas Thiem
On 02/25/2018 06:20 PM, Tom Tromey wrote: >> "Kang-Che" == Kang-Che Sung writes: > > Kang-Che> And I really wonder one thing: Why these obscure name had been > Kang-Che> chosen, instead of having a name like "myprog", "foo" or > Kang-Che> "fooprog" that is more obvious as a placeholder? >

Re: manual: Why use 'maude' as the example program name?

2018-02-25 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Kang-Che" == Kang-Che Sung writes: Kang-Che> And I really wonder one thing: Why these obscure name had been Kang-Che> chosen, instead of having a name like "myprog", "foo" or Kang-Che> "fooprog" that is more obvious as a placeholder? It's easily distinguished from any ordinary text and I

manual: Why use 'maude' as the example program name?

2018-02-25 Thread Kang-Che Sung
In Automake manual, I see several places where it uses "maude" or "mumble" as example name of program, even in the Indices section. And I really wonder one thing: Why these obscure name had been chosen, instead of having a name like "myprog", "foo" or "fooprog" that is more obvious as a placeholde