From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v2] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2012 09:40:39 +0300 Message-ID: <83mx3d2xzs.fsf@gnu.org> References: <22f1c29cd7e44a3e91ca67e534dc03a4-mfwitten@gmail.com> <3c1c3c1cfe3840e19551bfd0424eb99d-mfwitten@gmail.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1341556882 22180 80.91.229.3 (6 Jul 2012 06:41:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 06:41:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 11862@debbugs.gnu.org, rms@gnu.org To: Michael Witten Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 06 08:41:20 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Sn2E9-0001sY-UQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:41:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49360 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sn2E8-0006nh-V7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 02:41:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:35146) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sn2E1-0006ll-8Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 02:41:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sn2Dy-0008PT-SR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 02:41:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:41805) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sn2Dy-0008PG-PI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 02:41:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Sn2Ik-0002gQ-RS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 02:46:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2012 06:46:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11862 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 11862-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11862.13415571429311 (code B ref 11862); Fri, 06 Jul 2012 06:46:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11862) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Jul 2012 06:45:42 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51351 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Sn2IP-0002Ph-4l for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 02:45:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout23.012.net.il ([80.179.55.175]:58590) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Sn2IH-0002Iv-Su for 11862@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 02:45:35 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout23.012.net.il by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0M6Q004007UDA600@a-mtaout23.012.net.il> for 11862@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 09:40:35 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.210.75]) by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0M6Q0043J7VN1090@a-mtaout23.012.net.il>; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 09:40:35 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <3c1c3c1cfe3840e19551bfd0424eb99d-mfwitten@gmail.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:61639 Archived-At: > Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:55:46 -0000 > From: Michael Witten > Cc: 11862@debbugs.gnu.org > > + A @dfn{variable} is a name that can be bound to an object; binding > +is frequently referred to as @dfn{setting}, and the object to which > +a variable is set is often called a @dfn{value} that the variable > +@dfn{holds}. Although nearly all variables can be set by the user, > +certain variables exist specifically so that users can change them; > +these are called @dfn{user options}. Ordinary variables and user > +options are described using a format like that for functions, except > +that there are no arguments. "Holds" is not a term, so it should be devoid of any markup (and not in quotes, either).