GNU bug report logs - #6830
widget-complete bad completions in :type 'file

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 11:46:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #55 received at 6830 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 6830 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#6830: widget-complete bad completions in :type 'file
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:16:57 -0500

One way to avoid misunderstandings is to pose questions more directly.
"I wonder how" could mean a request for information but it could also
be sarcastic.  "Would you please tell me the precise recipe for how"
is clearly a request for information.


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