Typo in developers-handbook Fix: =================================================================== RCS file: /home/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/tools/chapter.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.30
If memory serves me right, Kirill Ponomarew wrote: > <chapter id="tools"> > @@ -1831,7 +1831,7 @@ > <para>Instead of using a proprietary macro language for > configuration, Emacs uses a version of Lisp specially adapted > for editors, known as Emacs Lisp. This can be quite useful if > - you want to go on and learn something like Common Lisp, as > + you want to go on and learn something like Emacs Lisp, as > it is considerably smaller than Common Lisp (although still > quite big!).</para> Hmmm...the original text looks fine to me. Why do you want to make this change? Bruce.
Hi, On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 12:43:32PM -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > If memory serves me right, Kirill Ponomarew wrote: > > > <chapter id="tools"> > > @@ -1831,7 +1831,7 @@ > > <para>Instead of using a proprietary macro language for > > configuration, Emacs uses a version of Lisp specially adapted > > for editors, known as Emacs Lisp. This can be quite useful if > > - you want to go on and learn something like Common Lisp, as > > + you want to go on and learn something like Emacs Lisp, as > > it is considerably smaller than Common Lisp (although still > > quite big!).</para> > > Hmmm...the original text looks fine to me. Why do you want to make > this change? Erm: This can be quite useful if you want to go on and learn something like Common Lisp, as it is considerably smaller than Common Lisp. I mean this sentence doesn't make too much sense for me ;-) What do you think ? -Kirill
If memory serves me right, Kirill Ponomarew wrote: > This can be quite useful if you want to go on and learn > something like Common Lisp, as it is considerably smaller than > Common Lisp. > > I mean this sentence doesn't make too much sense for me ;-) OK. The original meaning of the sentence is correct but it's just very unclear (your patch actually changed the meaning of the sentence). How about: Working with Emacs Lisp can be quite helpful if you want to go on and learn something like Common Lisp. Emacs Lisp has many features of Common Lisp, although it is considerably smaller and thus easier to master. (This changes the meaning of the sentence too, but it's consistent with my understanding of the situation.) Bruce.
Hi, On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 12:53:14PM -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > OK. The original meaning of the sentence is correct but it's just very > unclear (your patch actually changed the meaning of the sentence). How > about: > > Working with Emacs Lisp can be quite helpful if you want to go on and > learn something like Common Lisp. Emacs Lisp has many features of > Common Lisp, although it is considerably smaller and thus easier to > master. > > (This changes the meaning of the sentence too, but it's consistent with > my understanding of the situation.) Yes, your version is very good. Thank you ;-) -Kirill
State Changed From-To: open->closed Committed my variation of this text. Thanks for pointing this problem out!