Re: [dev] [PATCH] Simplify README

2014-08-18 Thread Claudio
I got it. Right. 2014-08-18 15:04 GMT+02:00 Weldon Goree : > On Mon, 2014-08-18 at 12:58 +0200, Claudio wrote: >> AFAIK a terminal is an hardware device. Since st is only a software >> implementation it's ok to call it a virtual terminal emulator, isn't? >> > > A virtual terminal presents the ker

Re: [dev] [PATCH] Simplify README

2014-08-18 Thread Weldon Goree
On Mon, 2014-08-18 at 12:58 +0200, Claudio wrote: > AFAIK a terminal is an hardware device. Since st is only a software > implementation it's ok to call it a virtual terminal emulator, isn't? > A virtual terminal presents the kernel the capabilities of a physical terminal (eg, /dev/tty3 or /dev/

Re: [dev] [PATCH] Simplify README

2014-08-18 Thread Roberto E. Vargas Caballero
> > Since st is only a software implementation it's ok to call it a > > virtual terminal emulator, isn't? > > Is st emulating a virtual terminal? No. It is emulating a terminal. The term 'emulator' itself already means that the terminal is a virtual, and not a real terminal. virtual terminal emu

Re: [dev] [PATCH] Simplify README

2014-08-18 Thread Alexander Huemer
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 12:58:02PM +0200, Claudio wrote: > AFAIK a terminal is an hardware device. Yes. > Since st is only a software implementation it's ok to call it a > virtual terminal emulator, isn't? Is st emulating a virtual terminal? No. It is emulating a terminal. Kind regards, -Alex

Re: [dev] [PATCH] Simplify README

2014-08-18 Thread Claudio
AFAIK a terminal is an hardware device. Since st is only a software implementation it's ok to call it a virtual terminal emulator, isn't? 2014-08-18 12:13 GMT+02:00 Roberto E. Vargas Caballero : >> The term 'virtual terminal emulator' was broken. There is nothing >> virtual about it, it's a termi

Re: [dev] [PATCH] Simplify README

2014-08-18 Thread Roberto E. Vargas Caballero
> The term 'virtual terminal emulator' was broken. There is nothing > virtual about it, it's a terminal emulator. Yeah, it was a bad sentence. Usually the term 'virtual terminal' is used for the terminal emulator built in linux kernel, but it is a non sense here. Thanks, -- Roberto E. Vargas C

[dev] [PATCH] Simplify README

2014-08-17 Thread Alexander Huemer
The term 'virtual terminal emulator' was broken. There is nothing virtual about it, it's a terminal emulator. Signed-off-by: Alexander Huemer --- README | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 25606a2..b38c88b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@