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From: Solomon P. <pi...@sh...> - 2024-10-29 02:15:19
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On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 12:19:44PM -0400, Erik Beck of Tahoma wrote:
> What does 'STP' mean in Gutenprint? It is the prefix for a vast number
> of variables, types, etc in the code (either in all caps or all
> lowercase). I'm pretty sure it doesn't mean "standard temperature and
> pressure", nor "spanning tree protocol", nor "Science, Technology,
> Performance (as in STP motor fuel additives)".
That dates back to the before times, when the codebase was a standalone
command line raster image processor.
This came up not too long ago, but I can't seem to find the message in
my archive and sourceforge's search features are worthless.
Michael Sweet would know, and I think he still lurks here...
- Solomon
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