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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo@gmail.com>
Cc: 12748@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12748: 24.2.50; doc fix for `just-one-space'
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 18:42:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83pq428s6c.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAH8Pv0hQ263T=b039Un2sPEbCpsQ_rEtpup0ONQWF1a2dHt8EA@mail.gmail.com>

> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 14:48:32 +0100
> From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo@gmail.com>
> 
> I propose this patch for fixing a documentation bug:

Thanks.

> === modified file 'doc/emacs/killing.texi'
> --- doc/emacs/killing.texi      2012-09-30 09:18:38 +0000
> +++ doc/emacs/killing.texi      2012-10-28 13:40:52 +0000
> @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
>  (even if there were none before).  With a numeric argument @var{n}, it
>  leaves @var{n} spaces before point if @var{n} is positive; if @var{n}
>  is negative, it deletes newlines in addition to spaces and tabs,
> -leaving a single space before point.
> +leaving @var{-n} spaces before point.

"Leaving -N spaces" is sub-optimal English, IMO.





  reply	other threads:[~2012-10-28 16:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-28 13:48 bug#12748: 24.2.50; doc fix for `just-one-space' Dani Moncayo
2012-10-28 16:42 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2012-10-28 16:48   ` Dani Moncayo
2012-10-28 18:49     ` Dani Moncayo
2012-10-28 19:27       ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-12-08  3:26 ` Chong Yidong

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