From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#62862: 26.3; Minor bug in (emacs) Shift Selection Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:16:48 +0300 Message-ID: <83r0nb361r.fsf@gnu.org> References: Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="15085"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, 62862@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 06 13:18:18 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qdqY6-0003ky-HC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2023 13:18:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qdqXr-0004D0-Ig; Wed, 06 Sep 2023 07:18:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qdqXq-0004Cq-1p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2023 07:18:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qdqXp-0005dp-QH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2023 07:18:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qdqXq-0006eN-5v for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2023 07:18:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2023 11:18:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 62862 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 62862-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B62862.169399903025505 (code B ref 62862); Wed, 06 Sep 2023 11:18:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 62862) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Sep 2023 11:17:10 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33130 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qdqX0-0006dI-4Z for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2023 07:17:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42374) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qdqWy-0006d3-Bi for 62862@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2023 07:17:08 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qdqWr-0005Rn-Od; Wed, 06 Sep 2023 07:17:01 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=m2pwVtCagA46bwK+HMBgf4bUrcS0DHIAMbdIT3b6o5I=; b=kX9FJ52tJ5ld 9EgDhS8UCYVgufHb2RScmPc+sub5BZAPV4psiWCvbp1684BT9rejIikgQhz5iRWPhUvtSqVJFlHax YLpvTf4DAvxYiC27PpsgpuyBZKm60s5Apk9aJzhzSNZ9IfgnQ0uoC+Z4tnm3nHMqHDaNgdruV58NJ qkxplUxL1EqJ54iT3tQ+VLj3vf2qiToRBPypjqeDnwlP7S5PNT64UDBW9lFDSbpmzoInSkdsGQhhj YkNgbkoZTiZPOYjTHgo5Ctp0rkkYYM3EM/NssMfdQbi7I8xNIhHi4+L9tiAW/u3V15rQuI3mtERP9 2km1NiUyQL4Khiq9HHWqRA==; In-Reply-To: (message from Stefan Kangas on Tue, 5 Sep 2023 13:49:24 -0700) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:269509 Archived-At: > Cc: 62862@debbugs.gnu.org > From: Stefan Kangas > Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2023 13:49:24 -0700 > > severity 62862 wishlist > thanks > > Drew Adams writes: > > > "shift-selection" isn't a noun or a programming name. It's a noun > > phrase, and should be written as "shift selection". In particular, > > index entry "shift-selection" should also be replaced by "shift > > selection". It might be good to also add a glossary entry for "shift selection". > > I think you're probably right here, but we have many 114 occurrences of > "shift-selection" in our tree. I think it doesn't make sense to fix one > without fixing the others, and then you'd need to be careful because > some of them might refer to the symbol `shift-select'. > > So ultimately, I'm not sure it's worth spending time on. I guess we > could accept a patch. > > Eli, what do you think? English is not my first language, so the intricacies of the grammar frequently elude me, but: how is this different from byte-compilation, native-compilation, and other similar terminology that we use all over the place? In any case, I agree that this bug report is splitting hair.