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ange-ftp.el grammar

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Message #8 received at 38660 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 38660 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38660: ange-ftp.el grammar
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 19:28:14 +0100

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> /usr/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/net/ange-ftp.el.gz grammar problem:
>
> ;; For example: if find-file is given a filename of:
> ;;
> ;;   /ange <at> anorman:/tmp/notes
> ;;
> ;; then ange-ftp spawns an FTP process, connect to the host 'anorman' as
>                                                ^s
> ;; user 'ange', get the file '/tmp/notes' and pop up a buffer containing the
>                    ^s                            ^s
> ;; contents of that file as if it were on the local filesystem.  If ange-ftp
> ;; needs a password to connect then it reads one in the echo area.

I'm not a native English speaker, but to me it sounds like active
voice. What's wrong with this?

Best regards, Michael.

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