From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] master b533552 2/5: Documentation fixes re quotes Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2015 18:32:45 +0200 Message-ID: <8737ywzsr6.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <20150831061236.27796.57762@vcs.savannah.gnu.org> <55E3F3AD.2010602@yandex.ru> <55E3F6B6.20205@cs.ucla.edu> <55E3F88A.50003@yandex.ru> <55E3F9D7.6040601@cs.ucla.edu> <55E64B4B.3030006@cs.ucla.edu> <87vbbt1uh9.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <55E6514F.1020300@cs.ucla.edu> <87oahl1jqw.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1441211592 18917 80.91.229.3 (2 Sep 2015 16:33:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 16:33:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 02 18:33:10 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1ZXAyC-0003cd-Vo for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 18:33:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39474 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXAyC-0002Mj-VJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 12:33:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59787) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXAy5-0002EK-6N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 12:33:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXAxz-0008Hr-AV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 12:33:01 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:38330) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXAxx-0008HX-MZ; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 12:32:53 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52148 helo=lola) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXAxq-0001HA-KL; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 12:32:46 -0400 Original-Received: by lola (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F2780E12D9; Wed, 2 Sep 2015 18:32:45 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Wed, 02 Sep 2015 11:40:18 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:189477 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] > [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] > [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > > DEFUN ("set-message-beep", Fset_message_beep, Sset_message_beep, 1, 1, 0, > > doc: /* Set the sound generated when the bell is rung. > > -SOUND is 'asterisk, 'exclamation, 'hand, 'question, 'ok, or 'silent > > -to use the corresponding system sound for the bell. The 'silent sound > > +SOUND is `asterisk', `exclamation', `hand', `question', `ok', or `silent' > > +to use the corresponding system sound for the bell. The `silent' sound > > prevents Emacs from making any sound at all. > > These changes are necessary in any case; the old text violates > Emacs documentation conventions. It is incorrect to indicate > a symbol in text by writing a singlequote before it. > The correct way is to write quotes around it (except for t and nil). Thanks. My actual point of annoyance was the total inability to get any useful feedback concerning such changes because of semantic gameplay. -- David Kastrup