GNU bug report logs - #38077
Error on texinfo documentation of variable 'ls-lisp-verbosity'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Cecilio Pardo <cpardo <at> imayhem.com>

Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 23:02:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 38077 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Cecilio Pardo <cpardo <at> imayhem.com>
Cc: 38077 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38077: Error on texinfo documentation of variable
 'ls-lisp-verbosity'
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 23:39:43 -0500

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"None or more" sounds very strange in English.  It is better to say 
"zero or more".

"A list of zero or more of the following symbols:"

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Dr Richard Stallman
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