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   Spiros Bousbouras to Janis Papanagnou   
   Re: Languages to extend editors   
   05 Jun 24 21:31:53   
   
   From: spibou@gmail.com   
      
   On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 21:00:09 +0200   
   Janis Papanagnou  wrote:   
   > On 04.06.2024 20:28, Janis Papanagnou wrote:   
   > > On 04.06.2024 19:31, Spiros Bousbouras wrote:   
   > >> On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 19:06:55 +0200   
   > >> Janis Papanagnou  wrote:   
   > >>> [... about "A ...]   
   > >>   
   > >> Register  a , not buffer A .   
   > >   
   > > Yes, "register" not "buffer". - Thanks!   
   >   
   > Sorry, audience! I got confused Spiros' post. - Despite Vim's   
   > 'registers' command it's officially called "buffer".[*]   
   >   
   > The term "register" isn't mentioned at all in the POSIX document.   
      
   Interesting. I wonder which vi clones call it "buffer" and which   
   "register". There may even exist more terminologies for all I know.   
      
   > And don't confuse the term "buffer" with the term "edit buffer".   
   > (POSIX differentiates these.)   
   >   
   > In my Vi/Vim lecture document I used (coined?) the term "paste-   
   > buffer" to better differentiate it from "buffer" or "edit buffer".   
   >   
   > Janis   
   >   
   > [*] https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/vi.html   
   >   
      
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