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


From: Juri Linkov
Subject: bug#36206: [PATCH] Change `user-error' docstring from "pilot error" to "user error"
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:34:08 +0300
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)

>>> Please don't change. "Pilot error" is a known term, see
>>> <http://www.hacker-dictionary.com/terms/pilot-error>.
>>
>> That is unfortunately not what Wikipedia or Google will show a
>> confused user, not even when searching e.g. "pilot error software".
>> So besides hacker lore, which only a subset of our users will be very
>> familiar with, what is the benefit of using this term?
>
> Better to rename it to PMAC error (Problem exists between Monitor And Chair :)

Or more Emacs specific - EMAC (Error between Monitor And Chair)





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