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bug#10150: deactive->inactive, inactivate->deactivate spelling fixes
From: |
Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
bug#10150: deactive->inactive, inactivate->deactivate spelling fixes |
Date: |
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:33:30 -0800 |
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On 11/28/11 12:46, Wolfgang Jenkner wrote:
> the Longman Dictionary of the English Language (2nd
> ed. 1991) contains
I stand corrected.
Still, it's confusing that Emacs typically uses "deactivate",
(e.g., deactivate-mark) but sometimes employs "inactivate" instead.
A quick estimation shows that "deactivate" and related forms
are used far more often:
$ cat $(find * -type f) | grep -ci deactivat
815
$ cat $(find * -type f) | grep -ci inactivat
65
Is there some significance to the use of "inactivate" as opposed
to "deactivate"? If not, it'd be simpler and cleaner for
Emacs to use the more-typical form uniformly.