Re: [PATCH] Add user extension APIs for WebKit Xwidgets

[Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>]

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  > That section fails to suggest good replacements for this term,
  > AFAICT.

It suggests "works" and "publications."

I will add "messages", because in some context that is the category
of things that people are referring to.

  > And, of course, we frequently say stuff like "file's contents" or
  > "buffer contents", which is perfectly OK, IMO.  This usage is not
  > mentioned in that article, so someone, especially non-native speakers,
  > could think such uses are part of the problem -- perhaps another minor
  > issue that should be mentioned there, but isn't.

I will add text about that in
https://gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html.  Thanks.

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