From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries? Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:30:31 +0900 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1214569863 19742 80.91.229.12 (27 Jun 2008 12:31:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:31:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juanma Barranquero , eliz@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, rgm@gnu.org To: Kenichi Handa Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 27 14:31:46 2008 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 4.50) id 1KCD7A-0001am-7H for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:31:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41022 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KCD6J-0007J6-Hc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:30:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KCD6F-0007II-Dc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:30:47 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KCD6D-0007Gm-Km for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:30:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39664 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KCD6D-0007Ge-Dh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:30:45 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.193]:45911) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KCD64-00011L-S5; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:30:37 -0400 Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.50]) by tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m5RCUUTf005920; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:30:32 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.20] [10.29.19.20]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:30:32 +0900 Original-Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.112.215] [10.114.112.215]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:30:32 +0900 Original-Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 111DF42D; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:30:32 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: (Kenichi Handa's message of "Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:16:25 +0900") Original-Lines: 18 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) 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:100035 Archived-At: Kenichi Handa writes: > Anyway, for me (a non native English speeker), the more > helpful thing is to standardise which word to use > (e.g. remove/delete, replace/substitute, > accept/permit/allow, preserve/retain, put/set/store, > property/attribute, vector/array, go-to/move-to, > cancel/undo, etc.) :-p It would be very helpful for native speakers as well, to standardize those things ... :-) [Obviously for some of them there's historical precedent in emacs, but that isn't always clear without a lot of groveling around.] -Miles -- Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the Goverment from running amok by hamstringing it.