From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: bob@rattlesnake.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: NEWS.22: `allows' without an object
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 22:27:39 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uabvn5t1w.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvveecj9u3.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (message from Stefan Monnier on Tue, 29 May 2007 04:48:50 -0400)
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 04:48:50 -0400
> Cc: bob@rattlesnake.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
>
> In the specific case of "allow" and "enable", I know I'm not alone ;-)
"Enable" is almost always wrong in such contexts, so it is better to
avoid that word altogether.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-29 19:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-28 21:17 NEWS.22: `allows' without an object Robert J. Chassell
[not found] ` <2cd46e7f0705281639m4e06b938sd0fbcc6d710812dc@mail.gmail.com>
2007-05-28 23:41 ` Ken Manheimer
2007-05-29 3:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-29 8:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-05-29 9:51 ` David Reitter
2007-05-29 19:27 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2007-05-29 10:33 ` Robert J. Chassell
2007-05-29 11:13 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-29 16:00 ` Ken Manheimer
2007-05-29 4:10 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-29 8:20 ` Alan Mackenzie
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