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bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v3] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language
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Wolfgang Jenkner |
Subject: |
bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v3] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is |
Date: |
Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:55:55 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.1.50 (berkeley-unix) |
On Fri, Jul 06 2012, Michael Witten wrote:
> +(@pxref{Symbols}); binding is frequently referred to as @dfn{setting},
This is a bit misleading, except when speaking of previously unbound
symbols or when using "is set" as a stative perfect. Could you please
give an example where binding a bound symbol is described as "setting"
it? IMHO, this would be a documentation bug.
Wolfgang
- bug#11862: [PATCH 5/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Use singular form in a sentence, (continued)
- bug#11862: [PATCH 5/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Use singular form in a sentence, Michael Witten, 2012/07/04
- bug#11862: [PATCH 4/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language, Michael Witten, 2012/07/04
- bug#11862: [PATCH 3/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Eradicate that pesky future tense, Michael Witten, 2012/07/04
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for, Michael Witten, 2012/07/04
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for, Richard Stallman, 2012/07/05
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v2] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is, Michael Witten, 2012/07/05
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v2] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More preciselanguage for what a variable is, Drew Adams, 2012/07/05
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v3] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is, Michael Witten, 2012/07/06
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v3] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is,
Wolfgang Jenkner <=
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v3] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is, Drew Adams, 2012/07/06
- bug#11862: Splitting and simplifying [PATCH 8/9], Michael Witten, 2012/07/06
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8a/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Introduce the term `value' early on, Michael Witten, 2012/07/06
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8b/2] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Reduce and reorganize node `A sample Variable Description', Michael Witten, 2012/07/06
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v3] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is, Richard Stallman, 2012/07/07
- bug#11862: [Copyright assignment], Chong Yidong, 2012/07/08
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v2] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is, Eli Zaretskii, 2012/07/06
bug#11862: [PATCH 6/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Re-fill a paragraph, Michael Witten, 2012/07/04
bug#11862: [PATCH 9/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Use passive voice, Michael Witten, 2012/07/04