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In the Elisp manual in section 9.2 Defining Symbols, the first sentence in the third paragraph says:

In principle, you can assign a variable value to any symbol with setq, whether not it has first been defined as a variable.

I believe that the word 'or' is missing between the words 'whether' and 'not', and that the sentence should read:

In principle, you can assign a variable value to any symbol with setq, whether or not it has first been defined as a variable.

Sincerely,
J C Bingham
   - Georgetown, TX USA -
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--------------058CE979E359A9375C3B1D09-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Jul 29 06:43:26 2020 Received: (at 42591-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Jul 2020 10:43:26 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60192 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k0jYU-0002qj-NS for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2020 06:43:26 -0400 Received: from mail-yb1-f174.google.com ([209.85.219.174]:34123) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k0jYR-0002qU-At for 42591-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2020 06:43:25 -0400 Received: by mail-yb1-f174.google.com with SMTP id c18so4868432ybr.1 for <42591-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; Wed, 29 Jul 2020 03:43:23 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=vI5fxv7wKrTy657CjWPZlLmxJ2zvgHHQbTw2QY8wcz8=; b=iSd/JJIZEGjR5PtX++QZg88S1glFH74etTNCzxSKWUK2EQfPf6TyH3ZJ5anCFJ4EHS aKCnqxNXP3SR1/OthiyudValKtyn4wra2c0xM9e2Fur9+9ji7Bs1Jf7TKFWz+1OHODod SyJbwQRbyiILUpTOTf2w3QeN00JVXs67t0Nhx8c72+T/tghxhsDsrKMA716Px7KqD/uY O+rWziRBjoZHntlgfyHHx8eOQS3H9U8N7EDK404WuErP3Sjoum2llXl71Hoy26mM65a1 RscaiC6aqf49AReNf9LzICrBGr3C2GK+RKL3Vl74i9BbhxE3/Tq8x6tRZ7SebtOE26wj H9JQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530Jac5rBAkp4xyq4SP+9JwhE9LB0NI1uzZzLikVI4PYBoTczOau gqU65pIA5O9gad/eXh3Hk4P+O1geeQtwCK0/XG8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxdUK/eozJeSqbKZiuCKDUGOj1Yn9jm/8egoJQnJ9EuwcnKc7zeCGY2GhQ9K24mvRZ5znVHIYj0+J9dttmxFY0= X-Received: by 2002:a25:3b4e:: with SMTP id i75mr49047885yba.231.1596019397614; Wed, 29 Jul 2020 03:43:17 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Stefan Kangas Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:43:06 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: bug#42591: A minor error in the Elisp manual To: Jay Bingham Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 42591-done Cc: 42591-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) Jay Bingham writes: > In the Elisp manual in section 9.2 Defining Symbols, the first sentence in the third paragraph says: > > In principle, you can assign a variable value to any symbol with setq, whether not it has first been defined as a variable. > > I believe that the word 'or' is missing between the words 'whether' and 'not', and that the sentence should read: > > In principle, you can assign a variable value to any symbol with setq, whether or not it has first been defined as a variable. Thanks, now fixed on the emacs-27 branch. Best regards, Stefan Kangas From unknown Thu Jun 19 14:03:05 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:24:08 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator