From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Wolfgang Jenkner Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v3] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:55:55 +0200 Message-ID: <85pq88c0nj.fsf@iznogoud.viz> References: <22f1c29cd7e44a3e91ca67e534dc03a4-mfwitten@gmail.com> <3c1c3c1cfe3840e19551bfd0424eb99d-mfwitten@gmail.com> <0c2cb6909a904ffeb3010bf4ca2e40b2-mfwitten@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1341592272 15268 80.91.229.3 (6 Jul 2012 16:31:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 16:31:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 11862@debbugs.gnu.org, Richard Stallman To: Michael Witten Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 06 18:31:11 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SnBQz-0008Q5-JQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:31:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39305 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SnBQy-0002Px-KX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:31:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:32987) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SnBQv-0002Pd-BT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:31:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SnBQt-0006Wp-KJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:31:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:43463) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SnBQt-0006Wl-HY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:31:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SnBVh-0000vx-Ur for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:36:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Resent-From: Wolfgang Jenkner Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:36:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11862 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 11862-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11862.13415925453567 (code B ref 11862); Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:36:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11862) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Jul 2012 16:35:45 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53009 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SnBVQ-0000vS-9E for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:35:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mx18.lb01.inode.at ([62.99.145.20]:2301 helo=mx.inode.at) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SnBVO-0000vL-SV for 11862@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:35:43 -0400 Original-Received: from [91.119.212.90] (port=12674 helo=iznogoud.viz) by smartmx-18.inode.at with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SnBQZ-0007qb-4U; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:30:43 +0200 Original-Received: from wolfgang by iznogoud.viz with local (Exim 4.77 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1SnBQW-0000Yk-KX; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:30:40 +0200 User-Agent: Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.1.50 (berkeley-unix) 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:61653 Archived-At: On Fri, Jul 06 2012, Michael Witten wrote: > +(@pxref{Symbols}); binding is frequently referred to as @dfn{setting}, This is a bit misleading, except when speaking of previously unbound symbols or when using "is set" as a stative perfect. Could you please give an example where binding a bound symbol is described as "setting" it? IMHO, this would be a documentation bug. Wolfgang