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Re: typo in frame.el
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Miles Bader |
Subject: |
Re: typo in frame.el |
Date: |
Fri, 9 Apr 2004 21:03:56 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.3.28i |
On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 01:46:53PM -0700, Drew Adams wrote:
> How about we use "<=>", conventionally, in doc strings, but we also explain
> this convention in the Emacs manual, for those who have never seen it?
No, I don't like it. It's both ugly and confusing for the bulk of users
("explaining it in the manual" is not adequate). It's also rather contrary
to the style used in doc-strings, which is rather resolutely textual, and
largely eschews any kind of pseudo-graphics.
I think there's nothing wrong with "iff". As someone else pointed out, even
for those who don't know its exact meaning, it's a "benign" typo --
interpreting it as "if" is close enough for them to get the essential meaning
of the doc-string (something like "<=>" on the other hand, does not degrade
so gracefully).
-Miles
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- RE: typo in frame.el, (continued)
- RE: typo in frame.el, Drew Adams, 2004/04/09
- Re: typo in frame.el, David Kastrup, 2004/04/09
- Re: typo in frame.el, Simon Josefsson, 2004/04/09
- RE: typo in frame.el, Drew Adams, 2004/04/09
- Re: typo in frame.el, David Kastrup, 2004/04/09
- RE: typo in frame.el, Drew Adams, 2004/04/09
- Re: typo in frame.el, David Kastrup, 2004/04/09
- Re: typo in frame.el, Juri Linkov, 2004/04/11
- Re: typo in frame.el, Alan Shutko, 2004/04/09
- Re: typo in frame.el, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2004/04/09
- Re: typo in frame.el,
Miles Bader <=
- Re: typo in frame.el, Richard Stallman, 2004/04/10