From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Proposal for an improved `help-for-help' Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2021 10:15:09 +0300 Message-ID: <83blap9ria.fsf@gnu.org> References: <838s7hxqkr.fsf@gnu.org> <83mtua9isw.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="30971"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Howard Melman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 08 09:16:24 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1lUOtr-0007wc-B9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 08 Apr 2021 09:16:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49954 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lUOtq-0003Fm-BA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 08 Apr 2021 03:16:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57294) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lUOsz-0002kz-Ro for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Apr 2021 03:15:29 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:35377) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lUOsz-0004IF-IW; Thu, 08 Apr 2021 03:15:29 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:2824 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1lUOsy-0002GD-UV; Thu, 08 Apr 2021 03:15:29 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Howard Melman on Wed, 07 Apr 2021 18:54:33 -0400) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:267596 Archived-At: > From: Howard Melman > Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2021 18:54:33 -0400 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > >> + ("info-lookup-symbol" "SYMBOL" > >> + "Find symbol in Info manual for current programming language")) > > > > "Show description of symbol in pertinent manual" > > FWIW, the docstring of info-lookup-symbol uses the term > "relevant manual" Yes, I considered that alternative. But IMO "relevant" is a problematic word. > >> + ("Language Help" > > > > "I18n Help" > > The section heading of the help-for-help command should not > use an arcane abbreviation like "I18n". I prefer "Language" > or if you must, "Internationalization". I thought i18n is a widely known terminology, but if I'm mistaken, then Internationalization is indeed the next best alternatives, IMO.