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Re: [Orgmode] Minor docstring bug: org-footnote-goto-previous-reference


From: Noorul Islam
Subject: Re: [Orgmode] Minor docstring bug: org-footnote-goto-previous-reference
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 13:10:54 +0530

On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 12:56 PM, T.F. Torrey <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 08:57:35 +0530
>> Subject: Re: [Orgmode] Minor docstring bug:
>>       org-footnote-goto-previous-reference
>> From: Noorul Islam <address@hidden>
>> To: address@hidden
>> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2)
>> Cc: Org Mode <address@hidden>
>> Sender: address@hidden
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 5:00 AM, Robert Goldman <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > The docstring for the command "org-footnote-goto-previous-reference" is
>> >
>> >   Find the next previous of the footnote with label LABEL.
>> >
>> > ...which I can't actually parse.
>> >
>> > "Find the (immediately) previous reference to the footnote with label
>> > LABEL."
>> >
>> > Is that better?
>> >
>>
>> Patch is attached. I modified it a bit.
>
> Noorul,
>
> Actually, your modification makes it grammatically incorrect. The word
> "immediately" is to modify the adjective "previous", and in English, an
> adjective needs to be modified by an adverb. So, "immediately previous"
> would be correct, but "immediate previous" is not.
>
> Trying to be helpful, not merely nit-picking,

I can understand. Attached is the modified patch.

Thanks and Regards
Noorul

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