From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13276: 24.2.50; apropos-variable Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 06:38:44 -0800 Message-ID: References: <87ehi1wfhj.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87pq1kc4eo.fsf@bzg.ath.cx><38E9A068A13749DC894603C55CC6D667@us.oracle.com> <87a9sjkamm.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1357656014 18958 80.91.229.3 (8 Jan 2013 14:40:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 14:40:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13276@debbugs.gnu.org, rms@gnu.org To: "'Bastien'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 08 15:40:30 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1TsaLq-0005JX-Fl for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:40:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39015 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TsaLa-0007JB-PY for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:40:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:35681) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TsaLU-0007Gh-Bv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:40:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TsaLS-0007Wn-OX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:40:04 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:43163) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TsaLS-0007VJ-K0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:40:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TsaLU-00035a-Dt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:40:05 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:40:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13276 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13276-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13276.135765595611815 (code B ref 13276); Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:40:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13276) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Jan 2013 14:39:16 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56404 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TsaKe-00034S-Dg for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:39:16 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:20153) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TsaKX-00033s-Dq for 13276@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:39:10 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet21.oracle.com (acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2) with ESMTP id r08EcqBl003664 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 8 Jan 2013 14:38:53 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt356.oracle.com (acsmt356.oracle.com [141.146.40.156]) by acsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r08EcqdJ017733 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 8 Jan 2013 14:38:52 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt107.oracle.com (abhmt107.oracle.com [141.146.116.59]) by acsmt356.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id r08EcpGi005267; Tue, 8 Jan 2013 08:38:51 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.239.152) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:38:51 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <87a9sjkamm.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> Thread-Index: Ac3trR8RD98EzuwBTM+Uouap5thY3AAAFSzw X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:69495 Archived-At: > For newbies, this will just mean "my options" Yes, that's the sense in which it can sometimes be OK to use the term in text. But the text can make these things clear. A command name is different - each qualifier we put in a function name can reasonably give the impression that it needs to be there to distinguish other thingies that do not qualify for that qualifier. And it's not about newbie vs oldie. Anyone is susceptible to the same considerations regarding confusion.