From: Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net>
To: 20011@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20011: etc/PROBLEMS: updates, wording, typos
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:10:54 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sidize1t.fsf@violet.siamics.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83ioeeo6rc.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 06 Mar 2015 10:43:51 +0200")
>>>>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>>>>> From: Ivan Shmakov Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2015 21:49:22 +0000
>> Please consider the patch MIMEd.
>> * etc/PROBLEMS: Use 'which' where appropriate (was: 'that'); mention
>> visible-cursor; a few more mentions of ~/.Xresources and xrdb(1);
>> refer to 'GNU Coreutils' and 'X Window' (were: 'GNU Fileutils' and
>> 'X Windows', respectively); other similar fixes and updates.
> There's nothing wrong with using "that" in these contexts,
AIUI, there’s nothing wrong with using “which” there, either.
> it's pretty standard English usage, and we use it all over the place
> in the Emacs documentation.
Personally, I find “that” sentences somewhat harder to read
/in general./ I still hope someone with English skills better
than mine could re-check these cases and apply the changes
suggested where sensible.
> So please submit a patch without those parts.
ACK.
> Also, "X Window" is incorrect; use "X Window system" or just "X"
> instead.
Indeed, I stand corrected. (Though it’s X Window /S/ystem.)
> This part:
>> Alternatively, if you want a blinking underscore as your Emacs cursor,
>> -change the "cvvis" capability to send the "\E[?25h\E[?0c" command.
>> +set the `visible-cursor' variable to nil in your ~/.emacs:
>> + (setq visible-cursor nil)
> replaces a recipe with an entirely different one. Why not keep both?
The former recipe seems to predate the introduction of
visible-cursor. I see no reason to keep it now that there’s an
easy way to solve the issue without having to modify terminfo or
restart Emacs, etc. I presume that the more experienced users
will be able to gather all what necessary for a terminfo-based
solution from the “use software cursor” recipe just above the
one at hand.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-03-06 9:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-05 21:49 bug#20011: etc/PROBLEMS: updates, wording, typos Ivan Shmakov
2015-03-06 8:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-03-06 9:10 ` Ivan Shmakov [this message]
2015-03-06 10:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-04 20:20 ` Ivan Shmakov
2015-04-04 21:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-07 17:47 ` Ivan Shmakov
2015-03-06 16:58 ` Glenn Morris
2015-04-04 20:25 ` Ivan Shmakov
2015-04-05 9:10 ` Richard Stallman
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