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

[Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>]

* Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> [2022-10-17 08:33]:
> > From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> > Cc: luangruo@yahoo.com, larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> > Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2022 16:51:34 -0400
> > 
> > See https://gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content.
> 
> That section fails to suggest good replacements for this term,
> AFAICT.  Which makes that part of the article less useful than it
> could be, perhaps.
> 
> 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.

The description on
https://gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content speaks of works
and publications, thus it does not relate to file contents or buffer
contents which is something else but work or publication. Just the
Emacs Info manual has many mentionings of "contents", in their correct
context -- which is correct, as those are smaller pieces of
information or data not referring to works or publications as whole.


English Wordnet dictionary:

* Overview of noun content

The noun content has 7 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (12) content -- (everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something; "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content")
2. (8) message, content, subject matter, substance -- (what a communication that is about something is about)
3. (3) content -- (the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.)
4. (2) capacity, content -- (the amount that can be contained; "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons")
5. (2) content, cognitive content, mental object -- (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
6. (1) contentedness, content -- (the state of being contented with your situation in life; "he relaxed in sleepy contentedness"; "they could read to their heart's content")
7. subject, content, depicted object -- (something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject")



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Jean

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