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bug#32733: 26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo
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Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
bug#32733: 26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo |
Date: |
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 23:41:31 -0400 |
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> A @samp{*} in the shell command stands for the file name that
> matched the regexp.
That's an improvement. It is a little easier to read
than the passive sentence, a little clearer.
Once in a while there is a good reason to use passive voice.
Most of the time, replacing it with active voice makes it
a little clearer; sometimes much clearer.
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Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)
- bug#32733: 26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo, Drew Adams, 2018/09/14
- bug#32733: 26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo, Robert Pluim, 2018/09/14
- bug#32733: 26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo, Drew Adams, 2018/09/14
- bug#32733: 26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo, Robert Pluim, 2018/09/14
- bug#32733: 26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo, Richard Stallman, 2018/09/14
- bug#32733: 26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo, Robert Pluim, 2018/09/18
- bug#32733: 26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/09/18
- bug#32733: 26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo, Robert Pluim, 2018/09/18
- bug#32733: 26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/09/18
- bug#32733: 26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo,
Richard Stallman <=
- bug#32733: 26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo, Richard Stallman, 2018/09/18
- bug#32733: 26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/09/19
- bug#32733: 26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo, Richard Stallman, 2018/09/19