From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: What does it mean? Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:20:40 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1225855438 14477 80.91.229.12 (5 Nov 2008 03:23:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 03:23:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 05 04:25:00 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KxZ0t-0005wY-0Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:24:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39183 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KxYzk-0001Bs-FI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:23:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KxYzf-00019d-7t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:23:43 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KxYzd-00018H-Nw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:23:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50150 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KxYzd-000184-JR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:23:41 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:48955) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KxYzd-0008Ie-IT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:23:42 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KxYwi-0007H2-L7; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:20:40 -0500 X-Spook: PGP Osama red noise Afghanistan Uzi fundamentalist Saudi X-Ran: UY1!8Y%R#IF^)+!FOgP=g6$KmLdv,lbb2s2J)eH2&KiXD"W:.K?:US25D$#$!NiAv8a^R5 X-Hue: blue X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:53:27 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:105398 Archived-At: "Richard M. Stallman" wrote: > I saw this doc string go by in the diff log > > + "Face used for variables or faces comment tags." > > and realized it is not grammatical and I cannot parse it. > Does anyone know what that face is actually used for? I presume you mean the doc of the custom-comment-tag face. emacs -Q M-x customize-variable abbrev-mode ; pick any variable or face >From the "State" menu, choose "Add comment". A "Comment:" tag is inserted, with custom-comment-tag face. The associated entry field uses custom-comment face. So bascially there are some missing apostrophes, ie "Face used for variables' or faces' comment tags." A better doc string might be "Face used for the comment tag on variables or faces."