From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Fix UK spelling in comments and ChangeLog entries? Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:30:23 +0900 Message-ID: <87zlp52qog.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <48653F58.9070608@gnu.org> <4866AADE.60006@gnu.org> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1214688664 14761 80.91.229.12 (28 Jun 2008 21:31:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:31:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rgm@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jason Rumney Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 28 23:31:49 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KCi1K-0003i4-EP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:31:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45100 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KCi0U-0003cH-Gr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:30:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KCi0Q-0003b1-0O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:30:50 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KCi0O-0003Ym-0C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:30:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39294 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KCi0N-0003YW-Mw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:30:47 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp11.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.73]:47350) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KCi05-0001VC-Ox; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:30:30 -0400 Original-Received: from 218.33.235.76.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.33.235.76] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp11.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1KCi01-0007Ie-7D; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:30:25 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7A4EB2F3A; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:30:23 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <4866AADE.60006@gnu.org> (Jason Rumney's message of "Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:19:26 +0100") Original-Lines: 20 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:100102 Archived-At: Jason Rumney writes: > My understanding has always been that American spellings should be used > in documentation, but comments and ChangeLog entries do not require such > exertion of effort on the part of native English speakers to > deliberately misspell words in the American way. Personally I rather _like_ seeing e.g. english spelling in code comments etc. -- it reflects the author and adds some local flavor, and the differences are so small that they do not affect readability (even for non-native speakers). Changing those things seems more like mindless pedantry and obsessiveness than useful work. -Miles -- Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision.