From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: bug#3506: 23.0.94; nil shouldn't be quoted in Info manuals Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:17:17 -0700 Message-ID: <0A264C46C34B459990BD6269AC9C76F8@us.oracle.com> References: <83E3606A0337479E8955631078745A8C@us.oracle.com> <39078782233F48EB88BAA491A2F0F8C8@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: Drew Adams , 3506@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1244565613 32156 80.91.229.12 (9 Jun 2009 16:40:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:40:13 +0000 (UTC) To: <3506@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>, Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 09 18:40:10 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ME4Mr-0004Gc-Rj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:40:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48836 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ME4Mr-0001k9-5m for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:40:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ME4KG-00077k-NS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:37:28 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ME4KC-0006yU-0s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:37:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56040 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ME4KA-0006y8-Ok for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:37:22 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:47395) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ME4K9-0006ee-OB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:37:22 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n59GbJJG027967; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:37:19 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n59GP6Fo026132; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:25:06 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:25:06 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 3506 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 3506-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B3506.124456425025341 (code B ref 3506); Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:25:06 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3506) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 9 Jun 2009 16:17:30 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from acsinet12.oracle.com (acsinet12.oracle.com [141.146.126.234]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n59GHQHV025331 for <3506@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:17:27 -0700 Original-Received: from rgminet15.oracle.com (rcsinet15.oracle.com [148.87.113.117]) by acsinet12.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n59GE3Nm031247 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:14:05 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt007.oracle.com (abhmt007.oracle.com [141.146.116.16]) by rgminet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n59GHNeB005377; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:17:23 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/141.144.80.206) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:17:16 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcnoyfX98zf7D6n+QYaqGqwDdRgD9AAAvVqgABQlqAA= In-Reply-To: <39078782233F48EB88BAA491A2F0F8C8@us.oracle.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Source-IP: abhmt007.oracle.com [141.146.116.16] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090201.4A2E8B0E.00A2:SCFSTAT5015188,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:37:27 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:28589 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:24596 Archived-At: > Similarly, throughout the manual. Also, the Org manual uses > `nil' in at least some places. > > (Personally, I think `nil' and `t' look better than nil and > t, but IIUC those two symbols are not supposed to be quoted.) Apparently I was wrong about it being the convention that those two symbols not be quoted. Looking at the manuals generally, they seem to be quoted. Dunno where I got that idea; I thought I recalled Richard mentioning it as the convention to follow. So much the better.