From: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Achim Gratz <Stromeko@stromeko.de>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Should we use `symbol' or 'symbol' in Emacs change logs?
Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 20:49:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8738fsto7e.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvsinsfnjr.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Thu, 29 May 2014 14:29:54 -0400")
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> Am I reading it wrong or am I correct that there is no change
>> in Emacs policy regarding the quotation of symbols in change logs
>> (and in docstrings)?
>
> Indeed there's been no change in that policy. To the extent that we
> follow the GNU coding standard for the ChangeLogs, you could argue that
> we should use 'foo' in ChangeLogs, but the `...' convention is so
> pervasive inside Emacs that we'd then either have a mix of conventions
> (one for the ChangeLog and another for most everything else) or a major
> painful conversion ahead.
Okay, thanks for confirming!
--
Bastien
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-29 18:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-29 17:10 Should we use `symbol' or 'symbol' in Emacs change logs? Bastien
2014-05-29 18:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-05-29 18:49 ` Bastien [this message]
2014-05-29 19:20 ` Achim Gratz
2014-05-29 19:52 ` Glenn Morris
2014-05-29 20:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-05-29 20:33 ` Bastien
2014-05-29 21:48 ` Paul Eggert
2014-05-30 6:43 ` Achim Gratz
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