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bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v2] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v2] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is |
Date: |
Fri, 06 Jul 2012 09:40:39 +0300 |
> Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:55:46 -0000
> From: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
> Cc: 11862@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> + A @dfn{variable} is a name that can be bound to an object; binding
> +is frequently referred to as @dfn{setting}, and the object to which
> +a variable is set is often called a @dfn{value} that the variable
> +@dfn{holds}. Although nearly all variables can be set by the user,
> +certain variables exist specifically so that users can change them;
> +these are called @dfn{user options}. Ordinary variables and user
> +options are described using a format like that for functions, except
> +that there are no arguments.
"Holds" is not a term, so it should be devoid of any markup (and not
in quotes, either).
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v2] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is, (continued)
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v2] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is, Michael Witten, 2012/07/05
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v2] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More preciselanguage for what a variable is, Drew Adams, 2012/07/05
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v3] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is, Michael Witten, 2012/07/06
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v3] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is, Wolfgang Jenkner, 2012/07/06
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v3] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is, Drew Adams, 2012/07/06
- bug#11862: Splitting and simplifying [PATCH 8/9], Michael Witten, 2012/07/06
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8a/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Introduce the term `value' early on, Michael Witten, 2012/07/06
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8b/2] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Reduce and reorganize node `A sample Variable Description', Michael Witten, 2012/07/06
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v3] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is, Richard Stallman, 2012/07/07
- bug#11862: [Copyright assignment], Chong Yidong, 2012/07/08
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v2] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is,
Eli Zaretskii <=
bug#11862: [PATCH 6/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Re-fill a paragraph, Michael Witten, 2012/07/04
bug#11862: [PATCH 9/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Use passive voice, Michael Witten, 2012/07/04
- bug#11862: [PATCH 9/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Use passive voice, Richard Stallman, 2012/07/05
- bug#11862: [PATCH 9/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Use passive voice, Stephen Berman, 2012/07/05
- bug#11862: [PATCH 9/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Use passive voice, Eli Zaretskii, 2012/07/05
- bug#11862: [PATCH 9/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Use passive voice, Glenn Morris, 2012/07/05
- bug#11862: [PATCH 9/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Use passive voice, Michael Witten, 2012/07/05
- bug#11862: [PATCH 9/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Use passive voice, Stephen Berman, 2012/07/05
bug#11862: [PATCH 0/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Copyediting, Stefan Monnier, 2012/07/04