From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14495 invoked by alias); 17 Feb 2018 22:04:18 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: X-Seq: 23140 Received: (qmail 24843 invoked by uid 1010); 17 Feb 2018 22:04:18 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Diagnostics: from mail-lf0-f42.google.com by f.primenet.com.au (envelope-from , uid 7791) with qmail-scanner-2.11 (clamdscan: 0.99.2/21882. spamassassin: 3.4.1. Clear:RC:0(209.85.215.42):SA:0(-1.9/5.0):. Processed in 2.388349 secs); 17 Feb 2018 22:04:18 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_PASS,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 X-Envelope-From: schaefer@brasslantern.com X-Qmail-Scanner-Mime-Attachments: | X-Qmail-Scanner-Zip-Files: | DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=brasslantern-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=QdNw9LnDnBja9+pUWLGHr/TwcfTvGhmd3WX2ZiPGur0=; b=xmLCctVvem/j3wJNxG6MYWLwA8BeM8qfM6ZB3x/zgU3EG7QBXcfFEBNM23P06Ebo9r jqr6y5QggK3ELBa+t+QjXKs4jPffVvIr9SkMAN/uWKspJUlt10PcjPyr70ftcwL7Nvmd 9kZ2RBoV5FcSHsBWHuGBH1XaCEN3iEKPVsPtugmvcO8IZh9Z0lYW1+Ap0kfwmgvyCA2w GOm/rE7QYpsdXmxsswy63EIU8IBLfG5w9xsLdg/1wWxFNouqdOw8xOkvj4SwI3C0wA7z VxOO2ncK1YtsE3TqPolykeJluJN4XHVEMH+I5lYXmFhPwN/VUk5/4ohryam2CaIhV0e7 iLow== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=QdNw9LnDnBja9+pUWLGHr/TwcfTvGhmd3WX2ZiPGur0=; b=T9mizcARFbP2GOT9sJaF8VBolMZkzJQtWEOqd6sW00zUHDO8BRkGR6oiuo2Q7uLFTg bm/GkQM9JaUToa2qlovEWJPPYM7eMNymz942NuaMqopX9l8dXaJ3j6bO6hPj+WhLVcWc WgTEi1h3J6JbAwmzISPiIl0A7BT66nXFWLVUBsfyajQ9hM2eh+TCcQq2Va1CXhONJGZp G4lru5oSHFhdUetmfwKzeevy3qmgx51XuhzHRaeV/WYuieRhUr0fI6VQn3ubYXsAvGtu FUXkGuXvP2RTbMlSTIAA5dWLiqy2WEPY+UGLdUP4PE/mH3LRXzaF0BIyviRQZlcYn0// LG4w== X-Gm-Message-State: APf1xPCNZZgSDf1c672ka3MuhJ5u+Tqfzlenx5WMgpkiKxNSaFOkcVXB Vk9du29gzPyOCjKrKjgh2rAQW09NmmCnJmc83HKE4Q== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AH8x225O4DpllzE6FSiXnPmTEF2dpjvygXe9voWw9n12bLZVsz6mrhJq4V3nNY61iIsgvQXTH+9RmNvBayf/QJvLGkw= X-Received: by 10.25.42.81 with SMTP id f78mr7268129lfl.100.1518905052024; Sat, 17 Feb 2018 14:04:12 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <1679a1e0-f716-e501-c4c2-f7e485f9701f@eastlink.ca> <1518827410.2159479.1273706656.1F5B436D@webmail.messagingengine.com> <37bb7b6b-ad70-6d03-f979-0e0d3b0be4d3@eastlink.ca> <1518875676.3562728.1274073304.5ED24DC8@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20f1c297-7c7d-109f-b9ee-b53823aa476c@eastlink.ca> <1518881445.3606980.1274127384.7D7A2004@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: Bart Schaefer Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 14:04:11 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: alias hygiene To: Ray Andrews Cc: Zsh Users Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 7:42 AM, Ray Andrews wrote: > > Ok, that at least is good to know. Now I have to figure out from your > example what a widget is, I've heard the term but so far I have no clue what > sort of critter they might be. A "widget" is just an arbitrary thing that you've built. It's like using the word "foo" as a placeholder for an abstract value. As far back as I remember, a "widget" was used in economics to refer to an unspecified object, such as a consumer good or a machine part, that was manufactured by a hypothetical factory or sold by a hypothetical wholesaler or retailer, but you can probably find earlier meanings with an etymology search. When windowing UIs became a thing back in the 80s it got retconned into a portmanteau of "window gadget" and used to describe components of the desktop. Zsh borrowed the term to refer to the chunk of programming, whether C or shell function, that implements a named and therefore bindable operation in the ZLE editor.