Mother of all xterms?

Ben Scott dragonhawk at gmail.com
Tue May 28 01:06:43 EDT 2013


On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 4:20 PM, John Abreau <jabr at gapps.blu.org> wrote:
>>  But, as an FYI, I also found an interview with Mr. LaStrange, where
>> he does state that the "tab" in the later name change was due to the
>> title bars looking like tabs, and it was done as part of the
>> consortium transition.
>
> Indeed, that's precisely what I meant by "retcon". The fact that a lot of
> time has passed since the retcon event, or that it was done by a
> committee or a consortium, does not make it any less a retcon.

  It does make it harder to identify it as a retcon, though.  Food for thought.

  I'm told a lot of Christians think they invented Christmas, too.  ;-)

-- Ben


More information about the gnhlug-discuss mailing list