From: Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnu.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: participation & contribution [was: Latest changes with lisp/uni-*.el and leim/quail]
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 08:50:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8738md103p.fsf@zigzag.favinet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <466a2599-43b3-4406-8bad-22cfb49c364f@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Sat, 30 Nov 2013 15:05:09 -0800 (PST)")
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() Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
() Sat, 30 Nov 2013 15:05:09 -0800 (PST)
Dani *requested* that his patch be committed, IF someone agrees
that it is worthwhile. To quote Dani's request again:
"It [the patch] is ok? If so, please commit it. TIA."
Translation: Please review it. If you like it, you are welcome
to it. Thank you in advance, if you commit it.
Probably the interpretation is a function of what kind of English one
is used to, mostly. To me, the construction "Please ACT." has command
overtones, whereas the construction "Could you please ACT?" i would
take unambiguously as a request. Not only does the latter end w/ a
(re)quest(ion) mark, it makes use of the "conditional mood":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional_mood
English (like Emacs) weirds its users -- oh well, life goes on... :-D
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Thien-Thi Nguyen
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(if you're human and you know it)
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Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-11-28 17:32 Latest changes with lisp/uni-*.el and leim/quail Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-28 20:36 ` Glenn Morris
2013-11-29 8:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-29 13:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-29 14:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-29 16:43 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-29 7:46 ` Dani Moncayo
2013-11-29 8:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-29 9:03 ` Dani Moncayo
2013-11-29 20:10 ` Glenn Morris
2013-11-29 21:40 ` Dani Moncayo
2013-11-30 0:37 ` participation & contribution [was: Latest changes with lisp/uni-*.el and leim/quail] Drew Adams
2013-11-30 4:47 ` Jambunathan K
2013-11-30 8:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-30 8:43 ` Dani Moncayo
2013-11-30 11:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-30 11:11 ` Jarek Czekalski
2013-11-30 23:05 ` Drew Adams
2013-12-01 7:26 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2013-12-01 7:27 ` Jambunathan K
2013-12-02 13:29 ` Rüdiger Sonderfeld
2013-12-02 13:37 ` Jarek Czekalski
2013-12-03 10:51 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2013-12-03 20:03 ` Wolfgang Jenkner
2013-12-03 20:33 ` Andreas Schwab
2013-12-03 20:55 ` Wolfgang Jenkner
2013-12-03 21:18 ` Andreas Schwab
2013-12-04 8:50 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2013-12-04 10:05 ` Andreas Schwab
2013-12-04 13:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-12-04 13:57 ` Andreas Schwab
2013-12-08 11:01 ` adventures w/ git-bzr Thien-Thi Nguyen
2013-12-01 7:50 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen [this message]
2013-12-01 8:09 ` participation & contribution [was: Latest changes with lisp/uni-*.el and leim/quail] Jambunathan K
2013-11-30 8:47 ` Jambunathan K
2013-11-30 13:50 ` Stefan Monnier
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2013-11-30 18:41 ` Drew Adams
2013-12-01 0:05 ` Karl Fogel
2013-12-01 17:39 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-12-01 18:33 ` Karl Fogel
2013-12-01 19:03 ` Stefan Monnier
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