From: Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>
Subject: Re: "Non-nil means" versus "On means" in docstrings
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 12:15:14 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r7a2rcbx.fsf@olgas.newt.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: E1EVj2A-0000Fh-Sv@fencepost.gnu.org
"Richard M. Stallman" <rms@gnu.org> writes:
> I would therefore propose, for the sake of usability, to modify
> checkdoc-this-string-valid-engine so that it accepts "On means" as well
> as "Non-nil means".
>
> This is a real issue, but it opens a can of worms. Your solution
> makes it easier to understand in Custom and harder to understand at
> the Lisp level. I don't think that is a good solution; that is not
> the way to go.
>
> How to make things clear at both levels, as best as possible with
> reasonable amounts of effort, calls for a lot of thought. It should
> not be rushed. This is something people can think about now, but
> think in terms of doing it after the release.
That sounds prudent. I'll stick with "non-nil means" in MH-E for now.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-10-30 20:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-10-27 22:29 "Non-nil means" versus "On means" in docstrings Bill Wohler
2005-10-28 8:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-10-28 16:22 ` Bill Wohler
2005-10-28 22:08 ` Bill Wohler
2005-10-29 5:13 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-10-29 7:59 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-10-29 20:33 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-10-29 21:43 ` Kim F. Storm
2005-10-29 22:30 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-10-30 20:15 ` Bill Wohler [this message]
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