* a bug in erc manual @ 2007-05-25 23:34 Leo 2007-05-26 1:04 ` Michael Olson 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Leo @ 2007-05-25 23:34 UTC (permalink / raw) To: emacs-devel; +Cc: erc-discuss (info "(erc)Modules") ,---- | `completion' | Complete nicknames and commands (old). This is the old module--you | might prefer the "completion" module instead. `---- Does this sentence make sense? Regards, -- Leo <sdl.web AT gmail.com> (GPG Key: 9283AA3F) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: a bug in erc manual 2007-05-25 23:34 a bug in erc manual Leo @ 2007-05-26 1:04 ` Michael Olson 2007-05-26 1:22 ` Leo ` (2 more replies) 0 siblings, 3 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Michael Olson @ 2007-05-26 1:04 UTC (permalink / raw) To: emacs-devel; +Cc: erc-discuss [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 700 bytes --] Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes: > (info "(erc)Modules") > > ,---- > | `completion' > | Complete nicknames and commands (old). This is the old module--you > | might prefer the "completion" module instead. > `---- > > Does this sentence make sense? It makes sense, but perhaps it is terse. Does the following sound better? This is the old module. You might prefer to use the "completion" module instead. -- Michael Olson -- FSF Associate Member #652 | http://mwolson.org/ -- Jabber: mwolson_at_hcoop.net | /` |\ | | | Sysadmin -- Hobbies: Lisp, GP2X, HCoop | |_] | \| |_| Projects: Emacs, Muse, ERC, EMMS, ErBot, DVC, Planner | [-- Attachment #1.2: Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 188 bytes --] [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 142 bytes --] _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: a bug in erc manual 2007-05-26 1:04 ` Michael Olson @ 2007-05-26 1:22 ` Leo 2007-05-26 1:24 ` Jay Belanger 2007-05-26 1:25 ` Miles Bader 2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Leo @ 2007-05-26 1:22 UTC (permalink / raw) To: emacs-devel; +Cc: erc-discuss Dear Michael, ----- Michael Olson (2007-05-26) wrote:----- > Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes: > >> (info "(erc)Modules") >> >> ,---- >> | `completion' >> | Complete nicknames and commands (old). This is the old module--you >> | might prefer the "completion" module instead. >> `---- >> >> Does this sentence make sense? > > It makes sense, but perhaps it is terse. Does the following sound > better? > > This is the old module. You might prefer to use the "completion" > module instead. Does the OLD module has the same name as the NEW one? Should the second "completion" be "pcomplete"? regards, -- Leo <sdl.web AT gmail.com> (GPG Key: 9283AA3F) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: a bug in erc manual 2007-05-26 1:04 ` Michael Olson 2007-05-26 1:22 ` Leo @ 2007-05-26 1:24 ` Jay Belanger 2007-05-26 1:25 ` Miles Bader 2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Jay Belanger @ 2007-05-26 1:24 UTC (permalink / raw) To: emacs-devel; +Cc: jay.p.belanger Michael Olson <mwolson@gnu.org> writes: > Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes: > >> (info "(erc)Modules") >> >> ,---- >> | `completion' >> | Complete nicknames and commands (old). This is the old module--you >> | might prefer the "completion" module instead. >> `---- >> >> Does this sentence make sense? > > It makes sense, but perhaps it is terse. Does the following sound > better? > > This is the old module. You might prefer to use the "completion" > module instead. But it's describing the "completion" module. Perhaps you mean that the "pcomplete" module is preferable. Jay ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: a bug in erc manual 2007-05-26 1:04 ` Michael Olson 2007-05-26 1:22 ` Leo 2007-05-26 1:24 ` Jay Belanger @ 2007-05-26 1:25 ` Miles Bader 2007-05-26 1:43 ` Michael Olson 2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Miles Bader @ 2007-05-26 1:25 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Michael Olson; +Cc: erc-discuss, emacs-devel Michael Olson <mwolson@gnu.org> writes: >> | `completion' >> | Complete nicknames and commands (old). This is the old module--you >> | might prefer the "completion" module instead. ... > It makes sense, but perhaps it is terse. Does the following sound > better? > > This is the old module. You might prefer to use the "completion" > module instead. The old text seems a bit better actually, but I think the problem being pointed out is the name of the alternative being suggested ("completion") -- it seems to be the same module! Is it supposed to say `you might prefer the "pcomplete" module instead', perhaps? [Sorry I don't have much knowledge of ERC.] -Miles -- ===== (^o^; (())) *This is the cute octopus virus, please copy it into your sig so it can spread. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: a bug in erc manual 2007-05-26 1:25 ` Miles Bader @ 2007-05-26 1:43 ` Michael Olson 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Michael Olson @ 2007-05-26 1:43 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Miles Bader; +Cc: erc-discuss, emacs-devel [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 875 bytes --] Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> writes: > Michael Olson <mwolson@gnu.org> writes: >>> | `completion' >>> | Complete nicknames and commands (old). This is the old module--you >>> | might prefer the "completion" module instead. > ... >> It makes sense, but perhaps it is terse. Does the following sound >> better? >> >> This is the old module. You might prefer to use the "completion" >> module instead. > > The old text seems a bit better actually, but I think the problem being > pointed out is the name of the alternative being suggested > ("completion") -- it seems to be the same module! > > Is it supposed to say `you might prefer the "pcomplete" module instead', > perhaps? [Sorry I don't have much knowledge of ERC.] Ah, I had missed that before. Here's a patch that will clarify things. Please apply it to both trunk and the Emacs 22 release branch. [-- Attachment #1.2: Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 188 bytes --] [-- Warning: decoded text below may be mangled, UTF-8 assumed --] [-- Attachment #2: erc-manual-complete.diff --] [-- Type: text/x-diff, Size: 148 bytes --] 567c567,568 < @item pcomplete --- > @cindex modules, pcomplete > @item completion (aka pcomplete) 575c576 < @item completion --- > @item hecomplete [-- Attachment #3: Type: text/plain, Size: 255 bytes --] -- Michael Olson -- FSF Associate Member #652 | http://mwolson.org/ -- Jabber: mwolson_at_hcoop.net | /` |\ | | | Sysadmin -- Hobbies: Lisp, GP2X, HCoop | |_] | \| |_| Projects: Emacs, Muse, ERC, EMMS, ErBot, DVC, Planner | [-- Attachment #4: Type: text/plain, Size: 143 bytes --] _______________________________________________ Erc-discuss mailing list Erc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/erc-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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