From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: rphodges@gmail.com, 67185@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#67185: Small bug in the Introduction to Elisp manual
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 22:40:43 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1r4Yfr-0006gM-O5@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <837cmgq23e.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Fri, 17 Nov 2023 09:19:01 +0200)
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> That manual uses "converse" and "conversely" about half a dozen times:
> are all of them incorrect, and actually mean "opposite" or maybe "by
> contrast"?
I checked these, and I think they are correct. Each one is about reversing
the direction of some relation, and "converse" means that/
> The @code{kill-region} function definition also has an @code{unless}
> macro; it is the converse of @code{when}.
That should say "opposite". It's opposite because in the situation
where `when' runs its body, `unless' does not run its body.
The @code{unless} macro is
> an @code{if} without a then clause
The point is valid if understood in a figurative sense -- so the
words need to indicate it is meant figuratively, not literally. How
to do that? Maybe this:
The @code{unless} macro is
like an @code{if} except that it has no then-clause, and it supplies
an implicit @code{nil} for that.
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Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-11-14 23:14 bug#67185: Small bug in the Introduction to Elisp manual Ryan Hodges
2023-11-15 12:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <CABPno9+==Vp-x851SLp6m7E8-e2kr7DAxkzaYC2HF7VjAk2QjQ@mail.gmail.com>
2023-11-15 19:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-15 20:18 ` Ryan Hodges
2023-11-17 3:56 ` Richard Stallman
2023-11-17 7:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-17 13:22 ` Ryan Hodges
2023-11-19 3:40 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2023-11-19 10:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-19 19:01 ` Ryan Hodges
2023-11-21 2:42 ` Richard Stallman
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