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bug#67185: Small bug in the Introduction to Elisp manual
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Richard Stallman |
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bug#67185: Small bug in the Introduction to Elisp manual |
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Sat, 18 Nov 2023 22:40:43 -0500 |
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> That manual uses "converse" and "conversely" about half a dozen times:
> are all of them incorrect, and actually mean "opposite" or maybe "by
> contrast"?
I checked these, and I think they are correct. Each one is about reversing
the direction of some relation, and "converse" means that/
> The @code{kill-region} function definition also has an @code{unless}
> macro; it is the converse of @code{when}.
That should say "opposite". It's opposite because in the situation
where `when' runs its body, `unless' does not run its body.
The @code{unless} macro is
> an @code{if} without a then clause
The point is valid if understood in a figurative sense -- so the
words need to indicate it is meant figuratively, not literally. How
to do that? Maybe this:
The @code{unless} macro is
like an @code{if} except that it has no then-clause, and it supplies
an implicit @code{nil} for that.
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- bug#67185: Small bug in the Introduction to Elisp manual, Ryan Hodges, 2023/11/14
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- bug#67185: Small bug in the Introduction to Elisp manual, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/11/15
- bug#67185: Small bug in the Introduction to Elisp manual, Ryan Hodges, 2023/11/15
- bug#67185: Small bug in the Introduction to Elisp manual, Richard Stallman, 2023/11/16
- bug#67185: Small bug in the Introduction to Elisp manual, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/11/17
- bug#67185: Small bug in the Introduction to Elisp manual, Ryan Hodges, 2023/11/17
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- bug#67185: Small bug in the Introduction to Elisp manual, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/11/19
- bug#67185: Small bug in the Introduction to Elisp manual, Ryan Hodges, 2023/11/19
- bug#67185: Small bug in the Introduction to Elisp manual, Richard Stallman, 2023/11/20