From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#42591: A minor error in the Elisp manual Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:43:06 +0200 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="3803"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 42591-done@debbugs.gnu.org To: Jay Bingham Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 29 12:44:16 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1k0jZI-0000ro-7K for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:44:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55406 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k0jZH-0001Pq-6q for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2020 06:44:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35648) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k0jZ4-0001N5-It for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2020 06:44:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:48646) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k0jZ4-0004Od-8k for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2020 06:44:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k0jZ4-0002rn-5n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2020 06:44:02 -0400 Resent-From: Stefan Kangas Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 10:44:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: cc-closed 42591 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Mail-Followup-To: 42591@debbugs.gnu.org, stefan@marxist.se, binghamjc@msn.com Original-Received: via spool by 42591-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D42591.159601940610962 (code D ref 42591); Wed, 29 Jul 2020 10:44:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 42591-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Jul 2020 10:43:26 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60192 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k0jYU-0002qj-NS for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2020 06:43:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-yb1-f174.google.com ([209.85.219.174]:34123) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k0jYR-0002qU-At for 42591-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2020 06:43:25 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-yb1-f174.google.com with SMTP id c18so4868432ybr.1 for <42591-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; Wed, 29 Jul 2020 03:43:23 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=vI5fxv7wKrTy657CjWPZlLmxJ2zvgHHQbTw2QY8wcz8=; b=iSd/JJIZEGjR5PtX++QZg88S1glFH74etTNCzxSKWUK2EQfPf6TyH3ZJ5anCFJ4EHS aKCnqxNXP3SR1/OthiyudValKtyn4wra2c0xM9e2Fur9+9ji7Bs1Jf7TKFWz+1OHODod SyJbwQRbyiILUpTOTf2w3QeN00JVXs67t0Nhx8c72+T/tghxhsDsrKMA716Px7KqD/uY O+rWziRBjoZHntlgfyHHx8eOQS3H9U8N7EDK404WuErP3Sjoum2llXl71Hoy26mM65a1 RscaiC6aqf49AReNf9LzICrBGr3C2GK+RKL3Vl74i9BbhxE3/Tq8x6tRZ7SebtOE26wj H9JQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530Jac5rBAkp4xyq4SP+9JwhE9LB0NI1uzZzLikVI4PYBoTczOau gqU65pIA5O9gad/eXh3Hk4P+O1geeQtwCK0/XG8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxdUK/eozJeSqbKZiuCKDUGOj1Yn9jm/8egoJQnJ9EuwcnKc7zeCGY2GhQ9K24mvRZ5znVHIYj0+J9dttmxFY0= X-Received: by 2002:a25:3b4e:: with SMTP id i75mr49047885yba.231.1596019397614; Wed, 29 Jul 2020 03:43:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:183651 Archived-At: Jay Bingham 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