From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40975) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e9a5A-0007wf-Ad for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Oct 2017 13:12:09 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e9a54-0008Lo-G1 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Oct 2017 13:12:08 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:35777) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e9a54-0008Lc-CH for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Oct 2017 13:12:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e9a54-0007hE-7B for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Oct 2017 13:12:02 -0400 Subject: bug#28830: [PATCH] gnu: Add emacs-ggtags. Resent-To: guix-patches@gnu.org Resent-Message-ID: From: Oleg Pykhalov References: <87o9pa3xti.fsf@gmail.com> <20171016065131.4e838899@cbaines.net> <87zi8r1jfk.fsf@gmail.com> <20171031082218.2a45cfab@cbaines.net> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 20:11:14 +0300 In-Reply-To: <20171031082218.2a45cfab@cbaines.net> (Christopher Baines's message of "Tue, 31 Oct 2017 08:22:18 +0000") Message-ID: <87fu9znsy5.fsf@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+kyle=kyleam.com@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" To: Christopher Baines Cc: 28830@debbugs.gnu.org, 28830-done@debbugs.gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Christopher, Christopher Baines writes: >> >> + (synopsis "Frontend to GNU Global source code tagging system")= =20=20 >> > >> > I'd suggest putting "the" in here, so "Frontend to the GNU Global ...", >> > as I think that reads better.=20=20 >>=20 >> [...] >>=20 >> > Similarly with "the GNU Global" in the description. What do you think? >> > Apart from that, this looks fine to me :)=20=20 >>=20 >> I don't think so. Upstream=C2=B9 doesn't have an article =E2=80=9Cthe= =E2=80=9D before GNU >> Global, too. WDYT? >>=20 >> =C2=B9 http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/ggtags.html > > I don't think there is any harm in improving on the descriptions of the > software from the upstream source. But I'll leave it up to you to make > the decision. > > Unfortunately, I don't have a very formal understanding of English > grammar, but there is some information about definite articles [1]. > Which I think says that its appropriate to use as there is one, > specific "GNU Global source code tagging system". > > 1: > https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/determiners-an= d-quantifiers/definite-article OK if you fill it's more readable or elegant. I also checked some installed packages on my system. It seems common to use *the* before software name at least in package synopsis. Accessing passwords from *the* GNOME keyring=20=20 Access *the* Debbugs bug tracker in Emacs=20=20 Adjust *the* color temperature of your screen=20=20 An implementation of *the* Domain Name System=20=20 BASH completion for *the* shell buffer=20=20 Client and server for *the* secure shell (ssh) protocol=20=20 Commands to start *the* X Window server=20=20 Copy directory to *the* gh-pages branch=20=20 Development manual pages from *the* Linux project=20=20 Discover key bindings for *the* current Emacs major mode=20=20 Emacs interface for *the* Git version control system=20=20 Free replacements for *the* PostScript fonts=20=20 Go to *the* last change in *the* Emacs buffer=20=20 Grabs *the* path to JSON values in a JSON file=20=20 Implementation of *the* Perl programming language=20=20 Lisp dialect running on *the* JVM=20=20 Locate files on *the* file system=20=20 Manage encryption keys and passwords in *the* GNOME keyring=20=20 Polish up poor writing on *the* fly=20=20 Recursively list *the* contents of a directory=20=20 Reddit backend for *the* Gnus newsreader=20=20 Reference manual for *the* C programming language=20=20 Set *the* keyboard using *the* X Keyboard Extension=20=20 Single-player, RPG roguelike game set in *the* world of Eyal=20=20 Suggest Elisp functions that give *the* output requested=20=20 Terminal emulator for *the*=20 TeX Live, a package of *the* TeX typesetting system=20=20 *The* extensible, customizable, self-documenting text editor=20=20 *The* Glasgow Haskell Compiler=20=20 *The* GNU debugger=20=20 *The* GNU documentation format=20=20 *The* OCaml programming language=20=20 *The* SQLite database management system=20=20 *The* standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for GNU and U= nix=20=20 Translations from *the* command line=20=20 Utilities for *the* Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)=20=20 Xorg implementation of *the* X Window System Pushed as cd5c3979d18ca5bc5d32b9044330453c244df1a5 Thanks, Oleg. --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEc+OyAXw1EaDPCmAPckbhHGm3lWkFAln4rrIACgkQckbhHGm3 lWnYhhAAlWs8HejeL4jDpR2/yfRrnetqnFYZ59xmGLyQHyAIixgZ7W8zPZrAkNQ/ w0feGDfQL20uxamJBUHW8fcZ1LPPbGdCz+CLpDDHmcbnV/rmX/z3U6JsppP+6jnJ ZS9RohLLXodktuwFvof/jCmpJSW4zJxDjGu7fDRTD+M9DWct5H9ojVglIDi3SmzR lF9/BvEorN56zZSEdu1z+7/OJKSfXT8emhcGDP2zdjlRcPDl9Lb2vryLUSq2czqB 4ByngrygZ6L7XKf0q0SCOxbtZrJ87eSXgoucctPUUmi2RL0QwB9OR/Jmk6HEmPRL cAPcK/OK8LZuJ5gGDXBWs4Umnx2/QRuXiBjt59k2/hSkTXXBRoNVa2Uev51G0G/4 xFsY+SyDksQAPkR8XERUUDul2PUy4Se3kZuKZjefSLsB2h1t8DfVRN5tijHQsems oLPXg2HOBmvM7wUuLVSwG8f5/TtpQlaE3IhHDuNZ8fElz8fwbgXZID7PRKWdIQdG 28PfAIPPWv7wSlz0H6fJqIKYstmBUjpT5Xro/hqxAZZ+xdUceEqW65s0wj2NLx75 PhPJCJyoUsLZnronYPcwssimqx4GO6CX05bXhIa7f8N6ixOKt2MDt89AoLx5OCiZ V/hi+0bFMw/hIXJ9C97GnhEnVlCFreX6mX2pzUT/x1UEObkXCSI= =+UUB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--