From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] master b533552 2/5: Documentation fixes re quotes Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2015 11:40:18 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20150831061236.27796.57762@vcs.savannah.gnu.org> <55E3F3AD.2010602@yandex.ru> <55E3F6B6.20205@cs.ucla.edu> <55E3F88A.50003@yandex.ru> <55E3F9D7.6040601@cs.ucla.edu> <55E64B4B.3030006@cs.ucla.edu> <87vbbt1uh9.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <55E6514F.1020300@cs.ucla.edu> <87oahl1jqw.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1441208488 29930 80.91.229.3 (2 Sep 2015 15:41:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 15:41:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 02 17:41:19 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXAA3-0004wA-C8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 17:41:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38845 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXAA3-0001WC-2F for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 11:41:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40118) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXA98-0001Cs-Dv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 11:40:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXA97-0000tf-2I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 11:40:21 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:37333) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXA95-0000sa-Go; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 11:40:19 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXA94-0000NL-U8; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 11:40:19 -0400 In-reply-to: <87oahl1jqw.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (message from David Kastrup on Wed, 02 Sep 2015 07:19:03 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:189467 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > DEFUN ("set-message-beep", Fset_message_beep, Sset_message_beep, 1, 1, 0, > doc: /* Set the sound generated when the bell is rung. > -SOUND is 'asterisk, 'exclamation, 'hand, 'question, 'ok, or 'silent > -to use the corresponding system sound for the bell. The 'silent sound > +SOUND is `asterisk', `exclamation', `hand', `question', `ok', or `silent' > +to use the corresponding system sound for the bell. The `silent' sound > prevents Emacs from making any sound at all. These changes are necessary in any case; the old text violates Emacs documentation conventions. It is incorrect to indicate a symbol in text by writing a singlequote before it. The correct way is to write quotes around it (except for t and nil). -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.