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Re: typo in frame.el
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Simon Josefsson |
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Re: typo in frame.el |
Date: |
Fri, 09 Apr 2004 22:22:02 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Alex Schroeder <address@hidden> writes:
> Hiroshi Fujishima <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> -With a numeric argument, turn blinking cursor mode on iff ARG is positive.
>> +With a numeric argument, turn blinking cursor mode on if ARG is positive.
>
> For mathematicians, "iff" is an abbreviation for "if and only
> if"... So it is not a typo, I suppose. I think that should avoid the
> use of such abbreviations in Emacs documentation, however, since not
> all our users come from an English/science background.
I prefer "precisely when" instead of "if and only if". Sometimes,
even the "precisely" can be omitted. Less technobabbly. Alas,
changing "iff" into "when" can make a documentation string line too
long. Confusion regarding "iff" is a reoccurring theme, so it might
make sense to do something about it.
(Kudos to my algebra professor, who introduced me to p.w., although
only for Swedish. But I think it works as well in English. Any
native speaker who disagree?)
- typo in frame.el, Hiroshi Fujishima, 2004/04/09
- Re: typo in frame.el, David Kastrup, 2004/04/09
- Re: typo in frame.el, Alex Schroeder, 2004/04/09
- RE: typo in frame.el, Drew Adams, 2004/04/09
- Re: typo in frame.el,
Simon Josefsson <=
- RE: typo in frame.el, Drew Adams, 2004/04/09
- Re: typo in frame.el, David Kastrup, 2004/04/09
- Re: typo in frame.el, Simon Josefsson, 2004/04/09
- RE: typo in frame.el, Drew Adams, 2004/04/09
- Re: typo in frame.el, David Kastrup, 2004/04/09
- RE: typo in frame.el, Drew Adams, 2004/04/09
- Re: typo in frame.el, David Kastrup, 2004/04/09
- Re: typo in frame.el, Juri Linkov, 2004/04/11
- Re: typo in frame.el, Alan Shutko, 2004/04/09
- Re: typo in frame.el, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2004/04/09