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27.0.50; Improve grammar of map-y-or-n-p help text

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
Subject: bug#30064: closed (Re: bug#30064: 27.0.50; Improve grammar of
 map-y-or-n-p help text)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 12:26:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#30064: 27.0.50; Improve grammar of map-y-or-n-p help text

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 30064 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
Cc: 30064-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30064: 27.0.50; Improve grammar of map-y-or-n-p help text
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 14:25:05 +0200

> From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 15:25:39 +0000
> 
> I was able to make some minor improvements/simplifications to the logic
> surrounding my last patch.  I attach a patch to this effect, along with
> a reworded version of the original patch to include the assigned bug
> ticket number.

Thanks, pushed to the master branch.

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From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 27.0.50; Improve grammar of map-y-or-n-p help text
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 14:25:36 +0000

[0001-Improve-grammar-of-map-y-or-n-p-help-text.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

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The help text displayed by the function map-y-or-n-p when the user types
C-h contains the following grammatically dubious phrase:

  RET or ‘q’ to give up on the act on (skip all remaining objects);
                           ^^^^^^^^^^

where an (configurable) action verb follows the definite article.

I attach a patch to both avoid this and clarify that the current object
is skipped as well as all remaining ones.

Thanks,

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Basil

In GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 13, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2018-01-03 built on thunk
Repository revision: f8b4e87d5d4f57954b50677add76ce5136211dc1
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11905000
System Description: Debian GNU/Linux testing (buster)

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