From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs-26 275e735: More changes in the Emacs manuals
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 19:09:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83sh9w9a97.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r2pgudn0.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Robert Pluim on Mon, 19 Feb 2018 17:50:59 +0100)
> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 17:50:59 +0100
>
> > You can use a numeric argument before a self-inserting character to
> > insert multiple copies of it. This is straightforward when the
> > -character is not a digit; for example, @kbd{C-u 6 4 a} inserts 64
> > +character is not a digit; for example, @w{@kbd{C-u 6 4 a}} inserts 64
> > copies of the character @samp{a}. But this does not work for
> > -inserting digits; @kbd{C-u 6 4 1} specifies an argument of 641. You
> > -can separate the argument from the digit to insert with another
> > -@kbd{C-u}; for example, @kbd{C-u 6 4 C-u 1} does insert 64 copies of
> > -the character @samp{1}.
> > +inserting digits; @w{@kbd{C-u 6 4 1}} specifies an argument of 641.
> > +You can separate the argument from the digit to insert with another
> > +@kbd{C-u}; for example, @w{@kbd{C-u 6 4 C-u 1}} does insert 64 copies
> > +of the character @samp{1}.
> >
>
> 'does insert' => 'inserts'. There's no contrasting with a previous
> 'does not' phrase going on.
Yes, there is such a contrast: note the "does not work" part.
> > The @dfn{state} of the group indicates whether setting in that group
> > -has been edited, set or saved. @xref{Changing a Variable}.
> > +has been edited, set, or saved. @xref{Changing a Variable}.
>
> Are we standardising on the Oxford comma now? I heartily approve.
Ah, so that's what it's called...
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2018-02-19 16:50 ` emacs-26 275e735: More changes in the Emacs manuals Robert Pluim
2018-02-19 17:09 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2018-02-19 17:46 ` Robert Pluim
2018-02-19 18:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-02-20 0:44 ` Richard Stallman
2018-02-20 3:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-02-20 11:36 ` Robert Pluim
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