Subject: Re: bug#47738: Minor typos found in manuals (elisp, eshell, possibly org)

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:31:50 +0300

> From: Ian Nehera <[email-masked]>
> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 16:23:21 -0700
> 
> Hi, I’m not sure where I’m supposed to report this, but I found a few minor typos in some of the manuals (emacs 27.2).
> 
> 	- docs/lispref/objects.texi, line 2414:
> 		original: …should not have been changed via `setcar’ because it given to `eval’…
> 		assumed fix: …because it [was] given to `eval’…
> 
> 	- docs/misc/eshell.texi, line 519 (footnote):
> 		original: …as opposed to code completion, which is a beyond the scope of pcomplete…
> 		assumed fix: …which is […] beyond the scope…

Thanks, I installed these on the emacs-27 branch.

> This one isn’t a typo, but I think adding quotes/italics to the word “live”  (like “live code” earlier in the paragraph)
> would help with clarity (I had to re-read the sentence a few times when going through this section).
> 	- docs/misc/org.org, line 16396:
> 		original: …Users can control how live they want each source code block…
> 		proposed change 1: …control how [“live”] they want…
> 		proposed change 2: …control [the “liveliness” of] each source…

This one should be reported to the Org developers: I'd like them to
decide whether they want to quote "live" here.

> If this isn’t the right format for reporting typos just let me know and I’ll rewrite this email.

You did right, thanks.