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* bug#28609: simple.el
@ 2017-09-26 14:51 Devon Sean McCullough
  2017-09-26 16:28 ` John Wiegley
                   ` (3 more replies)
  0 siblings, 4 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Devon Sean McCullough @ 2017-09-26 14:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 28609

Correct grammar; also, call a pair a pair.

--- a/simple.el	2017-09-26 05:31:16.000000000 -0400
+++ b/simple.el	2017-09-26 10:45:41.000000000 -0400
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@
 
 (defcustom shell-command-dont-erase-buffer nil
   "If non-nil, output buffer is not erased between shell commands.
-Also, a non-nil value set the point in the output buffer
-once the command complete.
-The value `beg-last-out' set point at the beginning of the output,
-`end-last-out' set point at the end of the buffer, `save-point'
-restore the buffer position before the command."
+Also, a non-nil value sets the point in the output buffer
+once the command completes.
+The value `beg-last-out' sets point at the beginning of the output,
+`end-last-out' sets point at the end of the buffer, `save-point'
+restores the buffer position before the command."
   :type '(choice
           (const :tag "Erase buffer" nil)
           (const :tag "Set point to beginning of last output" beg-last-out)
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@
   :version "26.1")
 
 (defvar shell-command-saved-pos nil
-  "Point position in the output buffer after command complete.
-It is an alist (BUFFER . POS), where BUFFER is the output
-buffer, and POS is the point position in BUFFER once the command finish.
+  "Point position in the output buffer after command completes.
+It is an alist of (BUFFER . POS), where BUFFER is the output
+buffer, and POS is the point position in BUFFER once the command finishes.
 This variable is used when `shell-command-dont-erase-buffer' is non-nil.")
 
 (defcustom idle-update-delay 0.5
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@
 If METHOD is `delete-only', then delete the region; the return value
 is undefined.  If METHOD is nil, then return the content as a string.
 If METHOD is `bounds', then return the boundaries of the region
-as a list of the form (START . END).
+as a pair of (START . END) positions.
 If METHOD is anything else, delete the region and return its content
 as a string, after filtering it with `filter-buffer-substring', which
 is called with METHOD as its 3rd argument.")
@@ -5473,7 +5473,7 @@
        (progn (cl-assert (mark)) t)))
 
 (defun region-bounds ()
-  "Return the boundaries of the region as a list of (START . END) positions."
+  "Return the boundaries of the region as a pair of (START . END) positions."
   (funcall region-extract-function 'bounds))
 
 (defun region-noncontiguous-p ()






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