From: Neil Jerram <neiljerram@gmail.com>
To: Mark Harig <idirectscm@aim.com>
Cc: bug-guile@gnu.org, Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de, neil@ossau.uklinux.net
Subject: Re: Typos in the manual
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:37:56 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTim9WaE=wvoEzjcDmPoRTz_dzy58zS-WCMAo9HH-@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8CD9B8AFCF58B61-714-3B83@webmail-d099.sysops.aol.com>
On 16 February 2011 00:52, Mark Harig <idirectscm@aim.com> wrote:
> "take a detour" implies that there is an obstacle that is preventing
> the author from what would otherwise be the desirable route.
No, not really. For example, the Michelin travel guides have been
using the phrase "worth a detour" for many years.
> Also, this is confusing to me because the section is titled "Extending
> the Compiler," which implies (to me) that it will describe how to
> extend the compiler, but instead it is a description of areas of the
> Guile compiler that need improvement and extending. It might have
> been better titled "Helping Improve and Extend the Compiler." It
> might also be more appropriate to move this section to an appendix
> because it does not provide instructions.
I think it works fine to have this little piece of encouragement here.
Moving it elsewhere would dissociate it from its subject (i.e., what
the encouragement is about).
Neil
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-16 22:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-08 20:25 Typos in the manual Ralf Wildenhues
2011-02-13 0:49 ` Neil Jerram
2011-02-13 7:00 ` Ralf Wildenhues
2011-02-13 22:29 ` Neil Jerram
2011-02-15 15:48 ` Marijn
2011-02-15 20:21 ` Mark Harig
2011-02-15 23:55 ` Neil Jerram
2011-02-16 0:52 ` Mark Harig
2011-02-16 22:37 ` Neil Jerram [this message]
2011-02-15 23:49 ` Neil Jerram
2011-02-15 20:48 ` Mark Harig
2011-02-15 21:14 ` Ralf Wildenhues
2011-02-15 22:32 ` Mark Harig
2011-02-16 0:14 ` Neil Jerram
2011-02-16 2:43 ` Mark Harig
2011-02-16 3:30 ` Francis Southern
2011-02-16 23:46 ` Neil Jerram
2011-02-16 3:03 ` Mark Harig
2011-02-16 8:18 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2011-02-17 0:10 ` Neil Jerram
2011-02-17 1:21 ` Mark Harig
2011-02-16 21:17 ` Ludovic Courtès
2011-02-17 0:14 ` Neil Jerram
2011-02-17 3:13 ` Mark Harig
2011-02-17 11:33 ` Andy Wingo
2011-02-21 20:23 ` Ludovic Courtès
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-02-19 17:40 Bruno Haible
2011-02-19 17:56 ` Ralf Wildenhues
2011-02-24 23:31 ` Ludovic Courtès
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