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Re: miss spell in `accept-process-output' doc string


From: Stephen Berman
Subject: Re: miss spell in `accept-process-output' doc string
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:43:44 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.97 (gnu/linux)

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:46:04 +0200 martin rudalics <address@hidden> wrote:

>>>Now that I think about it, I realize that many Emacs users have not studied
>>>the advanced mathematics where they would encounter the term "iff".
>>>So I think it is better to avoid that term.
>>>
>>>(I was the one who introduced it into Emacs doc strings.)
>>
>>
>> I have added this to TODO for fixing post-22 release.
>>
>> ** Avoid using "iff" in doc strings.
>
> Even advanced mathematical textbooks usually explain this in an initial
> section.  Maybe we could add a definition in the manuals.

How about in (emacs)Glossary and in (elisp)Documentation Basics ?

Steve Berman





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