From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juanma Barranquero Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: `set-variable' should use :set Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:42:25 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87d3r3qd44.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <871v7jqchc.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <033D7FA139144B03B1370B9E9C1113ED@us.oracle.com> <87bp6nklx2.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <823F3463F14A490A90A6075368296AC2@us.oracle.com> <4EEEE63344BB4696B708EE3C3A8BE349@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1287787403 32066 80.91.229.12 (22 Oct 2010 22:43:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:43:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Stephen J. Turnbull" , Miles Bader , Emacs-Devel devel To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 23 00:43:21 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P9QKW-0000bu-Bg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:43:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34416 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P9QKV-0007C8-QO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:43:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43445 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P9QKM-0007Bn-Ua for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:43:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P9QKL-0000b3-34 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:43:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-iw0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169]:42573) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P9QKI-0000aT-N3; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:43:06 -0400 Original-Received: by iwn9 with SMTP id 9so1359203iwn.0 for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:43:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Aap+c2Eq/hjzt6IDTYqwbtMig95wH9l+JreSyd250fs=; b=OckAMHNmeuT+LdHpp6woLbfdXNPSpTFjPZm36k387ISulgtMxOG/cTAxUC7vrxGyH2 g09UF31sEGsEe7LTywaUV16r97SALeaFl3XOhJgqaF7Cgw8bhye4TfNIXSr6D5exM2zR exnkr1nwtQCFYv4JljGbIDTFuqhysEEQvQ9kw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=pUSVxwC8AvIjB1+eG16bOS/2h+fQdQR0eAM12iEKuCs1LNNDPkPeSZwhPln7D+B2UK EfdDIPbbMXMUOxscj59ru4jcRymZ4V8S4Dm/7J7qA633pHc4f0HXQqnKuiWSdsza8rJx 4qdqmYf4No+GIlfo5WjCnYZu6k28ZSVUpiZy8= Original-Received: by 10.231.59.212 with SMTP id m20mr3195984ibh.130.1287787385864; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:43:05 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.231.62.1 with HTTP; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:42:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4EEEE63344BB4696B708EE3C3A8BE349@us.oracle.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:132007 Archived-At: On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 15:40, Drew Adams wrote: > The first of those URLs claims that as a verb it is (only) transitive ("Y= ou > obsoleted the bike"). The second of those claims that as a verb it is (on= ly) > intransitive ("You obsoleted, but the bike obsoleted first"). First one is more modern. > And as I said (quite earnestly), you _can_ verb any noun. =C2=A0There is = no Academie > Anglaise[*]; we take a different view of language (and dictionaries). I know. > Most important is clarity, and I find "However, this feature is largely > obsoleted by `defcustom'" quite clear as far as it goes (it doesn't say w= hy or > how). I find it quite clear too. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Juanma