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[bug#30797] [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add emacs-exec-path-from-shell
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Oleg Pykhalov |
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[bug#30797] [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add emacs-exec-path-from-shell |
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Fri, 16 Mar 2018 19:16:30 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (gnu/linux) |
Konrad Hinsen <address@hidden> writes:
> Clément Lassieur <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> This has been discussed there:
>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-02/msg00649.html.
>>
>> :-)
>
> Well, then... I don't expect anything else than a proclamation by Richard
> Stallman can settle the question ;-)
Wolfgang
On Thu, Feb 23 2012, Glenn Morris wrote:
> A critical question. What is the standard form in GNU manuals for using
> the possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s"?
>
> This is one of Emacs's most important features.
>
> or
>
> This is one of Emacs' most important features.
Actually, [1] states that the latter form can be used only with
/regular/ nouns ending in "s", but many people use the plural form
"Emacsen", so, in current usage, "Emacs" is not a regular noun.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxon_genitive
RMS
It's worse than that: "Emacs" is a plural form used as singular.
"Emacs" originally stood for "Editing macros".
It's not clear to me what is the right form to use.
In Emacs source code repository:
$ ag -H --nobreak --nofilename "Emacs' @" | wc -l
=> 0
$ ag -H --nobreak --nofilename "Emacs's @" | wc -l
=> 9
$ ag -H --nobreak --nofilename "Emacs @" | wc -l
=> 68
So, I think we should stick to “Emacs” or “Emacs's”.
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Description: Emacs @
txta_dVbnchT0.txt
Description: Emacs's @
Oleg.
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