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Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 8:33 PM, Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> wrote:
>
>> A more idiomatic, though to my ear still stilted, phasing would be:
>>
>>    Parameters not saved by `current-window-configuration' or
>>    `window-state-get' are respectively left alone by
>>    `set-window-configuration' or not installed by `window-state-put'.
>
> To my Spaniard's ears it would seem better
>
>   Parameters not saved by `current-window-configuration' and
>   `window-state-get' are not restored by `set-window-configuration'
>   and `window-state-put', respectively.
>
> but I'm not sure how idiomatic that is.

I see two "nots".  Avoid two negatives.  

   The only parameter that is restored by ... are those that are saved
   with ...

Another variation would be

   Parameters that are restored by ... must be saved with a prior
   call to ...

You get the drift...