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Re: [PATCH] Fix misspelling in flyspell.el
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David Kastrup |
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Re: [PATCH] Fix misspelling in flyspell.el |
Date: |
Sat, 07 Nov 2015 10:01:01 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
>> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 21:46:30 +0000
>> From: Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden>
>> Cc: address@hidden
>>
>> > - (message "No more miss-spelled word!"))))
>> > + (message "No more misspelled words!"))))
>>
>> > ;;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/
>> > ;;* flyspell-overlay-p ... */
>> > --
>> > 2.6.2
>>
>> I think there's a good chance that that missssspelling is deliberate, a
>> little joke, something to irritate people slightly with. It would be a
>> shame to correct it.
>
> Given the person who wrote that code, I agree with Alan.
Since flyspell isn't a grammar checker, I'd still advocate replacing
"word" with "words" in the message. "No more ... word!" seems like
stretching the concept of the joke.
--
David Kastrup