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[80.237.226.76]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id gv8sm33910978lab.14.2012.07.04.13.19.23 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 04 Jul 2012 13:19:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:61585 Archived-At: It's often more precise to describe the general case by using a singular subject. (The paragraph should be re-filled by a future commit.) --- doc/lispref/intro.texi | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/lispref/intro.texi b/doc/lispref/intro.texi index 50e6712..a5a9747 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/intro.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/intro.texi @@ -385,8 +385,8 @@ bound to an object of that type. A plural of a type (such as @var{buffers}) often means a list of objects of that type. An argument named with the type @var{object} may be bound to an object of any type. -(@xref{Lisp Data Types}, for a list of Emacs object types.) Arguments -with other sorts of names (e.g., @var{new-file}) are discussed +(@xref{Lisp Data Types} for a list of Emacs object types.) An argument +with some other sort of name (e.g., @var{new-file}) is discussed specifically in the description of the function. In some sections, features common to the arguments of several functions are described at the beginning. -- 1.7.11.1.29.gf71be5c