From: Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnu.org>
To: Sivaram Neelakantan <nsivaram.net@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: List packages Status column terminology
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 09:53:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mwivgfae.fsf@zigzag.favinet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bnzbi4ti.fsf@gmail.com> (Sivaram Neelakantan's message of "Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:26:57 +0530")
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() Sivaram Neelakantan <nsivaram.net@gmail.com>
() Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:26:57 +0530
Why use the word 'available' instead of 'install'?
Short answer:
Mixing adjectives and verbs is inelegant. Too, verbs portend entropy.
Long answer:
Both "available" and "installed" are adjectives (of same length --
green-screen bonus!). Adjectives are suitable for describing things.
The word "install" is a verb, i.e., names an action. Other actions
might be "uninstall", "remove", "leave-be", "gripe", "recommend",
"ponder", "examine", "reinstall", etc. To my eyes, the "etc" is most
important; it implies a need for (detailed) documentation, and the
feeping creature of hyperlinks.
Whimsical answer:
do be do be do,
be do be do be!
in my heart i knew
that two requires three?
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-01-17 4:56 List packages Status column terminology Sivaram Neelakantan
2014-01-17 8:53 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen [this message]
2014-01-17 10:19 ` Bozhidar Batsov
2014-01-17 14:17 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-17 14:35 ` David Kastrup
2014-01-17 15:12 ` Vibhav Pant
2014-01-17 15:57 ` Drew Adams
2014-01-17 16:15 ` Vibhav Pant
2014-01-17 17:39 ` Drew Adams
2014-01-17 17:54 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
2014-01-17 21:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-17 22:55 ` Bozhidar Batsov
2014-01-18 2:44 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
2014-01-19 1:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-18 12:33 ` Richard Stallman
2014-01-18 12:55 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
2014-01-23 23:38 ` Trent W. Buck
2014-01-24 16:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-25 1:32 ` Trent W. Buck
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