GNU bug report logs - #11862
[PATCH 0/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Copyediting

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael Witten <mfwitten <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 20:23:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #89 received at 11862 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Witten <mfwitten <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 11862 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: 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 <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: 11862 <at> 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).
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