From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, 55408-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55408: Explain the word "interactively" in the Emacs Manual
Date: Sun, 15 May 2022 17:00:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmmz8d4VCdzCQQ8ZUUDbMf=7=82xWFQtsXw=mcONLoR-Og@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a6bij4vx.fsf@gnus.org>
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:
>
> > The docstring of `package-update-all' currently says: "Interactively,
> > QUERY is always true." AFAIU, this is short for "When called
> > interactively," which is more clear but still not as clear as it could
> > be.
>
> Yes, that could be clearer; please go ahead and alter.
Done.
> > In general, perhaps docstrings should prefer something like "When
> > used as a command," instead of "When called interactively,".
>
> I'm not sure that's an improvement. Yes, we do use "command" with a
> clear meaning in some parts (like in `describe-command'), but I think
> "called interactively" is probably more immediately understandable to
> most people who've used Emacs a bit.
OK, I guess since neither you or Eli are too enthusiastic, we can just
leave this as is. I'm therefore closing this bug.
Thanks for considering the proposal.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-05-15 15:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-05-14 8:16 bug#55408: Explain the word "interactively" in the Emacs Manual Stefan Kangas
2022-05-14 8:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-15 12:20 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-05-15 13:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-15 15:12 ` Drew Adams
2022-05-15 13:34 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-05-15 15:00 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2022-05-15 15:07 ` Drew Adams
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