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


From: Lennart Borgman
Subject: Re: "Non-nil means" versus "On means" in docstrings
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 09:59:13 +0200
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Richard M. Stallman wrote:

   I would therefore propose, for the sake of usability, to modify
   checkdoc-this-string-valid-engine so that it accepts "On means" as well
   as "Non-nil means".


...

How to make things clear at both levels, as best as possible with
reasonable amounts of effort, calls for a lot of thought.  It should
not be rushed.  This is something people can think about now, but
think in terms of doing it after the release.
One way of doing it might be to keep "non-nil" in the doc strings but make it a link to an explanation. Like it would have been done on a web page.




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