Re: "Non-nil means" versus "On means" in docstrings

[Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> > Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:29:59 -0700
> > From: Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>
> > 
> >  	     ;; If the variable has -flag in the name, make sure
> >  	     (if (and (string-match "-flag$" (car fp))
> > -		      (not (looking-at "\"\\*?Non-nil\\s-+means\\s-+")))
> > +		      (not (looking-at
> > +                            "\"\\*?\\(Non-nil\\|On\\)\\s-+means\\s-+")))
> >  		 (checkdoc-create-error
> >  		  "Flag variable doc strings should usually start: Non-nil means"
> >  		  s (marker-position e) t))
> 
> I don't have a strong opinion about this, but IMHO if we allow "On" as
> well as "Non-nil", the message displayed if none of them is used
> should mention both possibilities.  You suggest to modify the code,
> but not the message.

I would be happy to modify the message too.

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