bug#55408: Explain the word "interactively" in the Emacs Manual

[Stefan Kangas]

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:
>
> > The docstring of `package-update-all' currently says: "Interactively,
> > QUERY is always true."  AFAIU, this is short for "When called
> > interactively," which is more clear but still not as clear as it could
> > be.
>
> Yes, that could be clearer; please go ahead and alter.

Done.

> > In general, perhaps docstrings should prefer something like "When
> > used as a command," instead of "When called interactively,".
>
> I'm not sure that's an improvement.  Yes, we do use "command" with a
> clear meaning in some parts (like in `describe-command'), but I think
> "called interactively" is probably more immediately understandable to
> most people who've used Emacs a bit.

OK, I guess since neither you or Eli are too enthusiastic, we can just
leave this as is.  I'm therefore closing this bug.

Thanks for considering the proposal.