From: Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
To: oitofelix@gmail.com (Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro)
Cc: 12469@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12469: 24.1; Incorrect sentence; GNU Emacs Manual; Section 12.2 Yanking; 7th paragraph (latest before menu); 2nd sentence; 7th word
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:51:22 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wqzqcxp1.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878vc7dpwk.fsf@gmail.com> ("Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro"'s message of "Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:42:03 -0300")
oitofelix@gmail.com (Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro) writes:
> In GNU Emacs Manual 24.1, section 12.2, entitled "Yanking", 7th
> paragraph, the one before menu, there is a incorrect sentence:
>
> "If so, it inserts the text in the clipboard instead."
>
> It should be:
>
> "If so, it inserts the text from the clipboard instead."
>
> Note the changing: "in" -> "from"
"In" is correct: the sentence refers means that Emacs
inserts (the text in the clipboard)
But it's true that this can be misconstrued as meaning
(inserts the text) (in the clipboard)
But "from" is not quite the right replacement, so I changed it to
"inserts the clipboard's text". Thanks.
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2012-09-18 20:42 bug#12469: 24.1; Incorrect sentence; GNU Emacs Manual; Section 12.2 Yanking; 7th paragraph (latest before menu); 2nd sentence; 7th word Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro
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