From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#38077: Error on texinfo documentation of variable 'ls-lisp-verbosity' Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 16:29:20 +0200 Message-ID: <83a797g3pb.fsf@gnu.org> References: <86a79a3p3i.fsf@inmotica-integral.es> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="269995"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: cpardo@imayhem.com, 38077@debbugs.gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 07 15:35:05 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iSisH-0017xz-HW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Nov 2019 15:35:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43459 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iSisF-0003HH-Io for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Nov 2019 09:34:59 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:47583) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iSinX-0007MI-6X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Nov 2019 09:30:08 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iSinV-0001WJ-6t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Nov 2019 09:30:07 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:33036) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iSinT-0001Ve-E7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Nov 2019 09:30:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iSinT-0002nH-8G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Nov 2019 09:30:03 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 14:30:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 38077 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 38077-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B38077.157313699210700 (code B ref 38077); Thu, 07 Nov 2019 14:30:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 38077) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Nov 2019 14:29:52 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41857 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iSinH-0002mV-MI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 07 Nov 2019 09:29:52 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:38481) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iSinF-0002mF-J8 for 38077@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 07 Nov 2019 09:29:49 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:43053) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iSinA-0001KG-7K; Thu, 07 Nov 2019 09:29:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1828 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1iSimy-0000S4-CW; Thu, 07 Nov 2019 09:29:33 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Wed, 06 Nov 2019 23:39:43 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:171077 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 23:39:43 -0500 > Cc: 38077@debbugs.gnu.org > > "None or more" sounds very strange in English. It is better to say > "zero or more". > > "A list of zero or more of the following symbols:" Yes, but I preferred to say "nil" instead of "list of zero symbols". This is a user manual, not an ELisp manual, so we shouldn't assume every reader knows they are equivalent.