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Re: What does `inferior' mean?
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Nicolas Richard |
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Re: What does `inferior' mean? |
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Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:18:16 +0100 |
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Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com> writes:
> I saw this term(or `word') in Emacs-related materials many times, such
> as IELM, inferior-apl, inferior Octave, inferior-moz-process and so
> on. What does it mean?
> I only know it means `of lower quality' or `of lower rank', but it
> seems none of them fits the meaning in Emacs.
"inferior process" is in the index to the Emacs manual, see e.g. (info "(emacs)
Compilation") ; in this context it simply means a process running
inside emacs.
HTH,
--
Nico.