Re: "Non-nil means" versus "On means" in docstrings

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:29:59 -0700
> From: Bill Wohler <address@hidden>
> 
>            ;; If the variable has -flag in the name, make sure
>            (if (and (string-match "-flag$" (car fp))
> -                   (not (looking-at "\"\\*?Non-nil\\s-+means\\s-+")))
> +                   (not (looking-at
> +                            "\"\\*?\\(Non-nil\\|On\\)\\s-+means\\s-+")))
>                (checkdoc-create-error
>                 "Flag variable doc strings should usually start: Non-nil 
> means"
>                 s (marker-position e) t))

I don't have a strong opinion about this, but IMHO if we allow "On" as
well as "Non-nil", the message displayed if none of them is used
should mention both possibilities.  You suggest to modify the code,
but not the message.