Subject: Re: bug#55984: 26.3; Doc string of `chmod' / `set-file-modes'

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 16:08:38 +0300

> Cc: [email-masked]
> From: Robert Pluim <[email-masked]>
> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 11:03:32 +0200
> 
> Passive voice as well. How about the following for emacs-28
> 
> 
> diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
> index 7d392e0de7..a240216dea 100644
> --- a/src/fileio.c
> +++ b/src/fileio.c
> @@ -3510,8 +3510,9 @@ DEFUN ("set-file-modes", Fset_file_modes, Sset_file_modes, 2, 3,
>  Only the 12 low bits of MODE are used.  If optional FLAG is `nofollow',
>  do not follow FILENAME if it is a symbolic link.
>  
> -Interactively, mode bits are read by `read-file-modes', which accepts
> -symbolic notation, like the `chmod' command from GNU Coreutils.  */)
> +Interactively, prompts for FILENAME, and reads MODE with
> +`read-file-modes', which accepts symbolic notation, like the `chmod'
> +command from GNU Coreutils.  */)

"prompt" and "read", please, to be consistent with our preferred
style.

Otherwise OK, thanks.