From: Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook@yahoo.fr>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: "Jan Synáček" <jan.synacek@gmail.com>, 17309@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17309: 24.4.50; Typos in autotype info
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 16:51:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8738h54duj.fsf@geodiff-mac3.ulb.ac.be> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvr44pxwar.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 22 Apr 2014 10:40:43 -0400")
Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:
>> "Iff" means "if and only if". This terminology comes from
>> mathematics. Try to avoid using this term in documentation, since
>> many are unfamiliar with it and mistake it for a typo.
>
> Indeed, I think "iff" is perfectly fine in docstrings, but we should
> refrain from using it in the Texinfo documentation.
I grepped for '\biff\b' and got:
./info/message.info:625: header. (Iff `Cc' header is not present, `Bcc' header will be
./info/autotype.info:231: Logical and. Iff preceding element moved point, i.e., usually
./info/autotype.info:235: Logical xor. Iff preceding element didn't move point, i.e.,
(+ entries explaining it, or saying not to use it)
Having no experience with the involved packages, I don't suggest a
patch.
--
Nico.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-22 14:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-21 16:00 bug#17309: 24.4.50; Typos in autotype info Jan Synáček
2014-04-21 20:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-04-21 21:32 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-04-22 1:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-04-22 2:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-04-22 5:48 ` Jan Synáček
2014-04-22 9:37 ` Jan Synáček
2014-04-22 14:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-04-22 14:48 ` Drew Adams
2014-04-22 14:51 ` Nicolas Richard [this message]
2014-04-22 15:24 ` Nicolas Richard
2014-04-22 16:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-04-22 16:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-04-22 16:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-04-22 18:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-04-22 18:35 ` Drew Adams
2014-04-22 19:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-04-22 19:54 ` Drew Adams
2014-04-22 23:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-05-01 23:56 ` Glenn Morris
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