From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10150: deactive->inactive, inactivate->deactivate spelling fixes Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:52:34 +0800 Message-ID: <8762i3h6nh.fsf@gnu.org> References: <4ED2CA07.2090202@cs.ucla.edu> <85d3cc561l.fsf@iznogoud.viz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1322542399 16997 80.91.229.12 (29 Nov 2011 04:53:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:53:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10150@debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert To: Wolfgang Jenkner Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 29 05:53:14 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RVFgt-0007cm-W1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:53:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54313 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RVFgt-0005rJ-C9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:53:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:60210) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RVFgr-0005rE-9C for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:53:10 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RVFgm-0008UG-PF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:53:09 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:43050) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RVFgm-0008U5-Hp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:53:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RVFif-0001RD-Tq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:55:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:55:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10150 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 10150-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10150.13225424865506 (code B ref 10150); Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:55:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10150) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Nov 2011 04:54:46 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RVFiP-0001Ql-U9 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:54:46 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RVFiM-0001Qd-7U for 10150@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:54:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [155.69.17.40] (port=46481 helo=furball) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RVFgQ-0003uQ-MC; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:52:43 -0500 In-Reply-To: <85d3cc561l.fsf@iznogoud.viz> (Wolfgang Jenkner's message of "Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:46:30 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.91 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:55:01 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:54394 Archived-At: Wolfgang Jenkner writes: > Paul Eggert writes: > >> Standard English uses the adjective "inactive" and the verb >> "deactivate"; "deactive" and "inactivate" are solecisms. > > Actually, at least the Longman Dictionary of the English Language (2nd > ed. 1991) contains > > inactivate vt to make inactive - inactivation n > > without any kind of restriction in usage or register. Right. So the only thing that actually needs a fix is follow-deactive-menu.