From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: `set-variable' should use :set
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:02:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k4lagwad.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4EEEE63344BB4696B708EE3C3A8BE349@us.oracle.com
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> > ("Obsolete" is not a verb BTW (e.g. "obsoleted"),
>>
>> It is, according at least to
>>
>> - Free Merriam-Webster: http://mw1.m-w.com/dictionary/obsoleted
>> - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary:
>> http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?resource=Webster%27s&word=obsolete
>
> Oh, fun.
>
> The first of those URLs claims that as a verb it is (only) transitive ("You
> obsoleted the bike"). The second of those claims that as a verb it is (only)
> intransitive ("You obsoleted, but the bike obsoleted first").
The second is from 1913. The first is current. Since Emacs 19.13 has
been obsolete for quite a while, I'd go with the latter, namely the
first.
> Customize obsoletes `set-variable' the same way stalking and killing
> your own deer, cleaning it, transporting it, and stewing it obsoletes
> just grabbing a bowl of venison stew at the hunting lodge. Customize
> is an adventure; `set-variable' is sans drama.
Until you picked up the slack.
--
David Kastrup
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-22 14:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-21 17:25 `set-variable' should use :set Drew Adams
2010-10-22 0:34 ` Miles Bader
2010-10-22 0:48 ` Miles Bader
2010-10-22 1:11 ` Drew Adams
2010-10-22 2:20 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-10-22 4:34 ` Drew Adams
2010-10-22 7:17 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-10-22 8:29 ` David Kastrup
2010-10-22 10:43 ` Juanma Barranquero
2010-10-22 13:40 ` Drew Adams
2010-10-22 14:02 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2010-10-22 22:42 ` Juanma Barranquero
2010-10-23 4:48 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-10-23 16:13 ` Drew Adams
2010-10-23 17:47 ` Juanma Barranquero
2010-10-23 18:44 ` Glenn Morris
2010-10-23 19:01 ` Jambunathan K
2010-10-24 16:15 ` Chong Yidong
2010-10-22 14:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-10-22 16:03 ` Drew Adams
2010-10-22 7:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-10-22 7:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-10-22 8:16 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-10-22 9:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
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