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bug#36206: [PATCH] Change `user-error' docstring from "pilot error" to "


From: Michael Albinus
Subject: bug#36206: [PATCH] Change `user-error' docstring from "pilot error" to "user error"
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 16:08:15 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:

> Right, but we are now discussing the term "pilot error".  Do you think
> that it is better than "user error"?  If yes, why?

History. Community. Cultural background.

I understand, that new users might not know such terms. But we shouldn't
give them up just because of this. We must explain somewhere, at least
with a reference to the hacker's dictionary or emacswiki or whatever.

If something is not explained in Wikipedia, it cannot be regarded as non
existing. It would be a poor world then.

> Thanks,
> Stefan Kangas

Best regards, Michael.





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