From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#32037: simplify possessive form's "functions' definitions" Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 18:32:51 +0300 Message-ID: <83r2klk5zw.fsf@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1530546002 17560 195.159.176.226 (2 Jul 2018 15:40:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 15:40:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 32037@debbugs.gnu.org To: Van L Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 02 17:39:58 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fa0vk-0004Qw-HX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 17:39:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33682 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fa0xr-00049n-Qt for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 11:42:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55531) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fa0q7-0005lw-Qp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 11:34:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fa0q2-0001cP-RN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 11:34:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:35862) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fa0q2-0001cF-MX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 11:34:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fa0q2-0006XC-Gp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 11:34:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 15:34:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 32037 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 32037-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B32037.153054559725058 (code B ref 32037); Mon, 02 Jul 2018 15:34:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 32037) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Jul 2018 15:33:17 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43758 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fa0pI-0006W1-Sn for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 11:33:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36154) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fa0pF-0006Vf-Ac for 32037@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 11:33:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fa0p6-0001Na-As for 32037@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 11:33:08 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:59762) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fa0p6-0001NW-7X; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 11:33:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1829 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1fa0p5-000255-Ls; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 11:33:04 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Van L on Tue, 3 Jul 2018 01:11:00 +1000) 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: 208.118.235.43 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:148101 Archived-At: > From: Van L > Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 01:11:00 +1000 > > diff --git a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi > index be3e938b24..82c49bf693 100644 > --- a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi > +++ b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi > @@ -3028,7 +3028,7 @@ Primitive Functions > @cindex Primitives written in C > All functions are defined in terms of other functions, except for a few > @dfn{primitive} functions that are written in the C programming > -language. When you write functions' definitions, you will write them in > +language. When you write function definitions, you will write them in > Emacs Lisp and use other functions as your building blocks. Some of the > functions you will use will themselves be written in Emacs Lisp (perhaps > by you) and some will be primitives written in C@. The primitive > @@ -3179,7 +3179,7 @@ defun > > @findex * @r{(multiplication)} > The third line of the example consists of the body of the function > -definition. (Most functions' definitions, of course, are longer than > +definition. (Most function definitions, of course, are longer than > this.) In this function, the body is the list, @code{(* 7 number)}, which > says to multiply the value of @var{number} by 7. (In Emacs Lisp, > @code{*} is the function for multiplication, just as @code{+} is the Thanks, but AFAIK the original wording is perfectly correct English (if not more correct). Why did you think it needed to be changed?