From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'Chong Yidong'" <cyd@gnu.org>
Cc: 12888@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12888: 24.3.50; (minor) grammar fix for (elisp) `Syntactic Font Lock'
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 20:22:57 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6F431C52D6FA43579BE3E269595B2CF4@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r4n1z2g5.fsf@gnu.org>
> > Correct this sentence, which is not grammatical:
> >
> > If the value of this variable is non-`nil', Font Lock does not do
> > syntactic fontification, only search-based fontification based on
> > `font-lock-keywords'.
>
> The sentence is grammatical.
No, sorry; it is not. Here is one possible fix, in case you are interested in
improvement and can get beyond being defensive:
If the value of this variable is non-`nil', Font Lock does not do
syntactic fontification; it does only search-based fontification based on
`font-lock-keywords'.
But as the subject line suggests, grammar here is a minor consideration. The
meaning is clear enough, even if the grammar is not correct. Not a big deal.
HTH.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-12-08 4:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-14 22:37 bug#12888: 24.3.50; (minor) grammar fix for (elisp) `Syntactic Font Lock' Drew Adams
2012-12-08 2:45 ` Chong Yidong
2012-12-08 4:22 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2012-12-08 11:10 ` Chong Yidong
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