From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#68375: 29.1; lispref documentation fixes Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 16:56:13 +0200 Message-ID: <83h6jjly0i.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87wmsgztk8.fsf@debian-hx90.lan> <83wmsgkv05.fsf@gnu.org> <87edeogf24.fsf@gmx.net> <87h6jkrlwr.fsf@gmx.net> <87cyu8rled.fsf@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="19830"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 68375@debbugs.gnu.org, manphiz@gmail.com To: Stephen Berman Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 11 15:57:36 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rNwUw-0004qG-Fd for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2024 15:57:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rNwUc-0008MN-Rn; Thu, 11 Jan 2024 09:57:14 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rNwUY-0008Lb-3w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2024 09:57:12 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rNwUS-00035o-Lr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2024 09:57:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rNwUP-0007QG-Pz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2024 09:57:01 -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, 11 Jan 2024 14:57:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 68375 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 68375-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B68375.170498500928523 (code B ref 68375); Thu, 11 Jan 2024 14:57:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 68375) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Jan 2024 14:56:49 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33563 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rNwUD-0007Pz-AV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2024 09:56:49 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39800) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rNwU7-0007Pt-Td for 68375@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2024 09:56:47 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rNwU5-00031M-0k; Thu, 11 Jan 2024 09:56:41 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-version:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: Date; bh=HQr3hS14TA0ABCssnsZ3XL79mTs9Y1SxNx5mZAk1l0M=; b=BnzgXPM5Fih9uK7d+YNu L1Tj2aY9B3uLi5MfGG59dzwcYkZ62em2/6ae3OpgBijj5lDs/096XTAnCAO2no/obMqTvqNa5J4dg zLiCfwqKOJc8I8hAQJjR1VJO08VZoGR2Kx0R7YAWD52Hmj2/f9klvDuxWdBjjKKI8pNjuvRDJYrb8 ezLtQLTZXvnsk827Z+Llk3yPvIMIrx510h3ygHvn8tOfX3888ZON6IoGBalC4YdlICyPl44nFPIoO 4UzT1zmTYETHcB1s6cclyrz2zBYln7Fpar2Cf12gsYZHffjGmFqBTg8L5qAhqKMWVQwa1uabJMurE x23a+Yt4ExoXPQ==; In-Reply-To: <87cyu8rled.fsf@gmx.net> (message from Stephen Berman on Thu, 11 Jan 2024 15:32:10 +0100) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:277901 Archived-At: > From: Stephen Berman > Cc: eliz@gnu.org, manphiz@gmail.com > Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 15:32:10 +0100 > > On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 15:21:08 +0100 Stephen Berman wrote: > > > On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 14:44:35 +0100 Stephen Berman wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 12:46:34 +0200 Eli Zaretskii wrote: > >> > >>>> From: Xiyue Deng > >>>> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:56:23 -0800 > >>>> > >>>> Please find the attached patches for a cumulation of documentation fixes > >>>> for lispref up to chapter 19 that includes typos, formatting, etc. > >>>> Please let me know if any changes need improvements and I'll adjust > >>>> accordingly. > >>> > >>> Thanks. See below. > >> [...] > >>>> A string is a fixed sequence of characters. It is a type of > >>>> -sequence called a @dfn{array}, meaning that its length is fixed and > >>>> +sequence called an @dfn{array}, meaning that its length is fixed and > >>> > >>> The "an" here is correct, since in a manual one sees "an array", which > >>> is correct English. So I didn't install this part. > >> > >> You misread the patch, it changes "a" to "an", which makes the text > >> correct English. I thought I'd save you some work by installing the > >> patch myself, which I just did, but unfortunately to master instead of > >> emacs-29 (and also forgot to add the bug number). Should I revert it > >> and install to the release branch? Sorry for the trouble. > > > > I went ahead and reverted the change on master and installed it on > > emacs-29 (with bug number). > > ... but without the "Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes" cookie 😕. Should > I revert again? (This time I will not act without explicit permission.) It's too late, since reverting a change doesn't remove it from Git history. I hope Xiyue Deng will assign the copyright, which will then cover this blunder. Thanks.