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bug#1476: 23.0.60; spelling of (un)writeable should be (un)writable
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Lawrence Mitchell |
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bug#1476: 23.0.60; spelling of (un)writeable should be (un)writable |
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:03:36 +0000 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
Drew Adams wrote:
> Emacs manual, node Directory Variables.
> Please change "unwriteable" to "unwritable".
> Not very important, since this is just an invented name in an example,
> but it can lead users to think that's the spelling and thus to look
> for such a term in the future. Googling shows that similar bugs have
> been logged for Scheme, Python, man pages, and elsewhere.
FWIW the OED says both are fine:
writable, a.
Also writeable.
Lawrence
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Lawrence Mitchell <wence@gmx.li>
- bug#1476: 23.0.60; spelling of (un)writeable should be (un)writable, Drew Adams, 2008/12/02
- bug#1476: 23.0.60; spelling of (un)writeable should be (un)writable, Stephen Berman, 2008/12/02
- bug#1476: marked as done (23.0.60; spelling of (un)writeable should be (un)writable), Emacs bug Tracking System, 2008/12/02
- bug#1476: 23.0.60; spelling of (un)writeable should be (un)writable,
Lawrence Mitchell <=
- bug#1476: 23.0.60; spelling of (un)writeable should be (un)writable, Drew Adams, 2008/12/03
- bug#1476: 23.0.60; spelling of (un)writeable should be (un)writable, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/12/03
- bug#1476: 23.0.60; spelling of (un)writeable should be (un)writable, Drew Adams, 2008/12/03
- bug#1476: 23.0.60; spelling of (un)writeable should be (un)writable, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/12/03
- bug#1476: 23.0.60; spelling of (un)writeable should be (un)writable, Drew Adams, 2008/12/03
- bug#1476: 23.0.60; spelling of (un)writeable should be (un)writable, Jason Rumney, 2008/12/03
- bug#1476: 23.0.60; spelling of (un)writeable should be (un)writable, Drew Adams, 2008/12/03
bug#1476: 23.0.60; spelling of (un)writeable should be (un)writable, Stefan Monnier, 2008/12/03