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#68375
29.1; lispref documentation fixes
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Reported by: Xiyue Deng <manphiz <at> gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 22:57:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version 29.1
Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 15:21:08 +0100 Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 14:44:35 +0100 Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 12:46:34 +0200 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>>
>>>> From: Xiyue Deng <manphiz <at> gmail.com>
>>>> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:56:23 -0800
>>>>
>>>> Please find the attached patches for a cumulation of documentation fixes
>>>> for lispref up to chapter 19 that includes typos, formatting, etc.
>>>> Please let me know if any changes need improvements and I'll adjust
>>>> accordingly.
>>>
>>> Thanks. See below.
>> [...]
>>>> A string is a fixed sequence of characters. It is a type of
>>>> -sequence called a @dfn{array}, meaning that its length is fixed and
>>>> +sequence called an @dfn{array}, meaning that its length is fixed and
>>>
>>> The "an" here is correct, since in a manual one sees "an array", which
>>> is correct English. So I didn't install this part.
>>
>> You misread the patch, it changes "a" to "an", which makes the text
>> correct English. I thought I'd save you some work by installing the
>> patch myself, which I just did, but unfortunately to master instead of
>> emacs-29 (and also forgot to add the bug number). Should I revert it
>> and install to the release branch? Sorry for the trouble.
>
> I went ahead and reverted the change on master and installed it on
> emacs-29 (with bug number).
... but without the "Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes" cookie 😕. Should
I revert again? (This time I will not act without explicit permission.)
Steve Berman
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