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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: Jay Bingham <binghamjc@msn.com>
Cc: 42591-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#42591: A minor error in the Elisp manual
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:43:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmn1hMaH0AYD10oU8-OJ9=vckisVVHho0bAdNBef5ZDgwQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SN6PR02MB500587D3D532B02D7CAFF671AA700@SN6PR02MB5005.namprd02.prod.outlook.com>

Jay Bingham <binghamjc@msn.com> writes:

> In the Elisp manual in section 9.2 Defining Symbols, the first sentence in the third paragraph says:
>
> In principle, you can assign a variable value to any symbol with setq, whether not it has first been defined as a variable.
>
> I believe that the word 'or' is missing between the words 'whether' and 'not', and that the sentence should read:
>
> In principle, you can assign a variable value to any symbol with setq, whether or not it has first been defined as a variable.

Thanks, now fixed on the emacs-27 branch.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas





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2020-07-29  1:45 bug#42591: A minor error in the Elisp manual Jay Bingham
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