Re: Emacs/Publishing/WYSIWYG

[Tim Johnson]

* Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> [180531 03:41]:
> On Wednesday, 30 May 2018 at 11:10, Tim Johnson wrote:
> >   Having said that, when ken refers to "geekified terminology" it
> >   brings up what has been a pet peeve of mine for decades: The use
> >   of domain-specific terminology for various software systems. 
> 
> This is a problem not just in software but in almost any area of human
> endeavour!  For instance, the word "model" means a person in the fashion
> industry, an animal in the bio-sciences, a physical artefact in
> architecture, a set of mathematical equations in engineering, ...
> 
> There are indeed domain specific terms in the org (and Emacs more
> generally) documentation.  I'm sure all would appreciate contributions
> to the documentation, however!

  What he said! 
  
  Consider the word "control": as a programmer, has one
  meaning; my son the accountant uses the same word differently.

  Control has an entirely separate meaning in surveying. As a
  onetime surveyor I watched dumbfounded as a fellow surveyor told a
  property owner that we were "controlling" his property line. 

  Didn't think I was going to get out of that one alive ...

-- 
Tim Johnson
http://www.tj49.com