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Minor typos found in manuals (elisp, eshell, possibly org)

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From: Ian Nehera <delta29 <at> shaw.ca>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Minor typos found in manuals (elisp, eshell, possibly org)
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 16:23:21 -0700

Hi, I’m not sure where I’m supposed to report this, but I found a few minor typos in some of the manuals (emacs 27.2).

	- docs/lispref/objects.texi, line 2414:
		original: …should not have been changed via `setcar’ because it given to `eval’…
		assumed fix: …because it [was] given to `eval’…

	- docs/misc/eshell.texi, line 519 (footnote):
		original: …as opposed to code completion, which is a beyond the scope of pcomplete…
		assumed fix: …which is […] beyond the scope…

This one isn’t a typo, but I think adding quotes/italics to the word “live”  (like “live code” earlier in the paragraph)
would help with clarity (I had to re-read the sentence a few times when going through this section).
	- docs/misc/org.org, line 16396:
		original: …Users can control how live they want each source code block…
		proposed change 1: …control how [“live”] they want…
		proposed change 2: …control [the “liveliness” of] each source…

If this isn’t the right format for reporting typos just let me know and I’ll rewrite this email.
Best,
Ian

Message #8 received at 47738 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ian Nehera <delta29 <at> shaw.ca>
Cc: 47738 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47738: Minor typos found in manuals (elisp, eshell,
 possibly org)
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:31:50 +0300

> From: Ian Nehera <delta29 <at> shaw.ca>
> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 16:23:21 -0700
> 
> Hi, I’m not sure where I’m supposed to report this, but I found a few minor typos in some of the manuals (emacs 27.2).
> 
> 	- docs/lispref/objects.texi, line 2414:
> 		original: …should not have been changed via `setcar’ because it given to `eval’…
> 		assumed fix: …because it [was] given to `eval’…
> 
> 	- docs/misc/eshell.texi, line 519 (footnote):
> 		original: …as opposed to code completion, which is a beyond the scope of pcomplete…
> 		assumed fix: …which is […] beyond the scope…

Thanks, I installed these on the emacs-27 branch.

> This one isn’t a typo, but I think adding quotes/italics to the word “live”  (like “live code” earlier in the paragraph)
> would help with clarity (I had to re-read the sentence a few times when going through this section).
> 	- docs/misc/org.org, line 16396:
> 		original: …Users can control how live they want each source code block…
> 		proposed change 1: …control how [“live”] they want…
> 		proposed change 2: …control [the “liveliness” of] each source…

This one should be reported to the Org developers: I'd like them to
decide whether they want to quote "live" here.

> If this isn’t the right format for reporting typos just let me know and I’ll rewrite this email.

You did right, thanks.

Message #13 received at 47738 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Bastien <bzg <at> gnu.org>, 47738 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Ian Nehera <delta29 <at> shaw.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#47738: Minor typos found in manuals (elisp, eshell,
 possibly org)
Date: Thu, 06 May 2021 11:52:42 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> This one isn’t a typo, but I think adding quotes/italics to the word “live”  (like “live code” earlier in the paragraph)
>> would help with clarity (I had to re-read the sentence a few times when going through this section).
>> 	- docs/misc/org.org, line 16396:
>> 		original: …Users can control how live they want each source code block…
>> 		proposed change 1: …control how [“live”] they want…
>> 		proposed change 2: …control [the “liveliness” of] each source…
>
> This one should be reported to the Org developers: I'd like them to
> decide whether they want to quote "live" here.

Bastien added to the CCs.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

Message #16 received at 47738 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bastien <bzg <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 47738 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Ian Nehera <delta29 <at> shaw.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#47738: Minor typos found in manuals (elisp, eshell,
 possibly org)
Date: Thu, 06 May 2021 12:13:44 +0200

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

>> This one should be reported to the Org developers: I'd like them to
>> decide whether they want to quote "live" here.
>
> Bastien added to the CCs.

Fixed in Org maint branch:
https://code.orgmode.org/bzg/org-mode/commit/15200c25

Thanks for the heads up!

-- 
 Bastien

Message #19 received at 47738 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Bastien <bzg <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 47738 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Ian Nehera <delta29 <at> shaw.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#47738: Minor typos found in manuals (elisp, eshell,
 possibly org)
Date: Thu, 06 May 2021 12:27:09 +0200

Bastien <bzg <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
>
>>> This one should be reported to the Org developers: I'd like them to
>>> decide whether they want to quote "live" here.
>>
>> Bastien added to the CCs.
>
> Fixed in Org maint branch:
> https://code.orgmode.org/bzg/org-mode/commit/15200c25

Great!  I'll close this bug report, then.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

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