GNU bug report logs - #32733
26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 04:28:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 26.2

Done: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>

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From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rms <at> gnu.org, 32733 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32733: 26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 15:36:54 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:57:54 +0200
>> Cc: 32733 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> 
>> >   > > A @samp{*} in the shell command is replaced by the file name.
>> >
>> > How about putting that in the active voice?
>> 
>> I guess thatʼs possible, but it would make that sentence be very
>> different in tone from the surrounding text.
>
> Not sure what surrounding text is alluded to here, but I'd just say
>
>   A @samp{*} in the shell command stands for the file name that
>   matched the regexp.

I donʼt find that notably clearer nor more 'active'.
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