From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jay Berkenbilt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: bug#3661: English errors in help for whitespace-style Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:06:30 -0400 Message-ID: <20090623170630.1797302320.qww314159@motoko.argon.local> Reply-To: Jay Berkenbilt , 3661@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1245814329 7539 80.91.229.12 (24 Jun 2009 03:32:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:32:09 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 24 05:32:02 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MJJDM-0004Eu-V8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:32:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39458 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MJJDL-0001kv-T0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:31:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MJDMy-0003ED-Hi for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:17:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MJDMt-000396-Jv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:17:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40952 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MJDMt-00038q-Dh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:17:27 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:55152) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MJDMs-0002DF-Qk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:17:27 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n5NLHMhl023079; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:17:25 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n5NLA5Dn021533; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:10:05 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Jay Berkenbilt Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:10:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 3661 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.124579120121323 (code B ref -1); Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:10:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 23 Jun 2009 21:06:41 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n5NL6aP4021308 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:06:37 -0700 Original-Received: from mail.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]:49101 helo=mx10.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1MJDCN-0003DZ-GK for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:06:35 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MJDCL-0000CL-IU for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:06:34 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.mail.tigertech.net ([64.62.209.72]:43102) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MJDCK-0000Br-Gd for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:06:32 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hermes.tigertech.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16615430675; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:06:32 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at hermes.tigertech.net Original-Received: from motoko.argon.local (unknown [72.165.80.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hermes.tigertech.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74CD0430676; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:06:31 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.95 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:17:31 -0400 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:31:56 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:28937 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:24684 Archived-At: There are some English errors in the help for the whitespace-style variable that render some of the text virtually unintelligible to a native English speaker (or at least to this particular native English speaker). Original: space-after-tab::space TABs are visualized when occurs 8 or more SPACEs after a TAB via faces. I would say space-after-tab::space TABs are visualized using faces when 8 or more SPACEs occur after a TAB. Original: space-before-tab::space TABs are visualized when occurs SPACEs before TAB via faces. I would say: space-before-tab::space TABs are visualized using faces when SPACEs occur before TAB. At least I think that's what I would say based on what I think the variable seems to do, though I can't really tell from the original wording. (This is not a criticism of the author, whose English is much better than my abilities in any non-English language!) I would be willing to go through the documentation strings to help clean up the English if it would help. -- Jay Berkenbilt