From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
Cc: "paaguti@gmail.com" <paaguti@gmail.com>,
"emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : Re: [PATCH]: package-user-dir is a defcustom
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 20:21:20 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <SJ0PR10MB54888FE2F24504C270EB48F1F3C32@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <864j9ut8pz.fsf@gnu.org>
> > I think the clearer change would have been to replace the noun
> > "variable" with "user option", instead of relying on the implicit
> > information in the verb.
>
> We use "customize the variable" all over the place in the user manual,
> so it is quite common.
Technical debt; legacy. "Option" is clearer,
unambiguous. It would be good to even replace
"user variable" with "user option" (or even
just "option") wherever the former still occurs.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-06-15 20:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-06-15 16:27 [PATCH]: package-user-dir is a defcustom Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2024-06-15 16:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-06-15 17:13 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-06-15 17:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-06-15 20:21 ` Drew Adams [this message]
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