bug#40890: Add missing word "the" to file "custom.texi".

bug#40890: Add missing word "the" to file "custom.texi".

[ej32u--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

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Hello,

The word "the" was missing. Attached is a patch file.

Thank you.

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 doc/emacs/custom.texi | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/emacs/custom.texi b/doc/emacs/custom.texi
index e7e879065e..eb409d9945 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/custom.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/custom.texi
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ Variables
 buffer, you need not worry about giving it an invalid type: the
 customization buffer usually only allows you to enter meaningful
 values.  When in doubt, use @kbd{C-h v} (@code{describe-variable}) to
-check the variable's documentation string to see kind of value it
+check the variable's documentation string to see the kind of value it
 expects (@pxref{Examining}).
 
 @menu
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bug#40890: Add missing word "the" to file "custom.texi".

[Stefan Kangas]

ej32u@protonmail.com writes:

> The word "the" was missing. Attached is a patch file.

Thanks for pointing this out.

>  values.  When in doubt, use @kbd{C-h v} (@code{describe-variable}) to
> -check the variable's documentation string to see kind of value it
> +check the variable's documentation string to see the kind of value it
>  expects (@pxref{Examining}).

Would that be better if written like this?

 values.  When in doubt, use @kbd{C-h v} (@code{describe-variable}) to
-check the variable's documentation string to see kind of value it
+check the variable's documentation string to see the kind of value it
 expects (@pxref{Examining}).

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

bug#40890: Add missing word "the" to file "custom.texi".

[Tomas Nordin]

Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:

> ej32u@protonmail.com writes:
>
>> The word "the" was missing. Attached is a patch file.
>
> Thanks for pointing this out.
>
>>  values.  When in doubt, use @kbd{C-h v} (@code{describe-variable}) to
>> -check the variable's documentation string to see kind of value it
>> +check the variable's documentation string to see the kind of value it
>>  expects (@pxref{Examining}).
>
> Would that be better if written like this?
>
>  values.  When in doubt, use @kbd{C-h v} (@code{describe-variable}) to
> -check the variable's documentation string to see kind of value it
> +check the variable's documentation string to see the kind of value it
>  expects (@pxref{Examining}).

Isn't that what the patch suggest? But maybe ..*what* kind of value it..

bug#40890: Add missing word "the" to file "custom.texi".

[Stefan Kangas]

Tomas Nordin <tomasn@posteo.net> writes:

> Isn't that what the patch suggest? But maybe ..*what* kind of value it..

Sorry, I forgot to save the file before copying the diff.  We have the
same idea, adding "what" instead of "the" here, fixed below:

 values.  When in doubt, use @kbd{C-h v} (@code{describe-variable}) to
-check the variable's documentation string to see kind of value it
+check the variable's documentation string to see what kind of value it
 expects (@pxref{Examining}).

But English is not my native language, so I wanted to check here first
before pushing a fix.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

bug#40890: Add missing word "the" to file "custom.texi".

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:16:50 +0200
> Cc: 40890@debbugs.gnu.org, ej32u@protonmail.com
> 
>  values.  When in doubt, use @kbd{C-h v} (@code{describe-variable}) to
> -check the variable's documentation string to see kind of value it
> +check the variable's documentation string to see what kind of value it
>  expects (@pxref{Examining}).
> 
> But English is not my native language, so I wanted to check here first
> before pushing a fix.

This change is fine, thanks.

bug#40890: Add missing word "the" to file "custom.texi".

[Stefan Kangas]

close 40890 27.1
thanks

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> This change is fine, thanks.

Pushed to emacs-27 as commit 0278741676.  Closing this bug.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas