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From: "João Távora" <joaotavora@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 49278@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#49278: 28.0.50; Lisp Mode is for Common Lisp
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 15:50:56 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALDnm51aqCm+JTDAtB5C_PcsZoC9qTPjhyjRyxjVgft=SEpDcw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv4kdfbf33.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>

On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 3:32 PM Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>
> > Your changes were not only for the doc string.  But if you want to
> > focus on the doc string, would the following be okay?
> >
> >   Major mode for editing programs in Common Lisp and other similar Lisps.
>
> It'd be a big improvement, yes, thanks.

I concur. A big improvement.

> PS: I would still find it to be a lie because I can't see any place in
> the code that aims to support "other similar Lisps".

Also, the concept of "similarity" isn't very well defined. Scheme and
CL may look similar to many, whereas in reality there are worlds of
difference depending on your knowledge.

So I'd really stick with "ancestor Lisps" or "related Lisps".  But
your proposal is a good improvement Eli.

João





  reply	other threads:[~2021-06-30 14:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-06-29 18:06 bug#49278: 28.0.50; Lisp Mode is for Common Lisp João Távora
2021-06-29 18:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-29 18:25   ` João Távora
2021-06-30 12:35     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-30 12:45       ` João Távora
2021-06-29 20:46   ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-06-29 20:55     ` João Távora
2021-06-29 22:59       ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-06-30 12:47         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-30 12:37     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-30 13:03       ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-06-30 13:21         ` João Távora
2021-06-30 13:29         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-30 13:32           ` João Távora
2021-06-30 13:51             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-30 14:32               ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-06-30 14:50                 ` João Távora [this message]
2021-06-30 15:54                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-30 16:02                     ` João Távora
2021-06-30 15:52                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-30 16:37                   ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-06-30 16:47                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-30 16:50                       ` João Távora
2021-06-30 16:55                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-30 16:58                           ` João Távora
2021-06-30 14:54               ` João Távora
2021-06-30 15:55                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-30 15:58                   ` João Távora
2021-06-30 16:49                     ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-06-30  3:50 ` Phil Hagelberg
2021-06-30  9:44   ` João Távora
2021-09-24 23:01 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-24 23:23   ` João Távora
2021-09-25  0:22     ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25  1:26       ` bug#49278: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-25  1:35       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-25  6:42       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-25  1:13     ` bug#49278: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-25  9:02       ` João Távora
2021-09-25 16:03         ` Drew Adams
2021-09-25 16:43           ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 17:24             ` Drew Adams
2021-09-27 20:10           ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-09-27 22:05             ` Drew Adams
2021-09-27 22:25               ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-09-27 23:24                 ` Drew Adams
2021-09-27 23:36                   ` João Távora
2021-09-28  2:17                     ` Drew Adams
2021-09-28  2:06                   ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-09-28  2:31                     ` Drew Adams
2021-09-28  2:52                       ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-09-27 14:48         ` Jean Louis

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