From: Ian Barton <lists@wilkesley.net>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Bug] Doc string for org-clock-into-drawer truncated?
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:18:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E0061E4.5070704@wilkesley.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <875E1ACA-B404-4783-95B3-3EAE52759E0C@gmail.com>
On 21/06/11 08:49, Carsten Dominik wrote:
>
> On Jun 20, 2011, at 9:32 PM, Achim Gratz wrote:
>
>>
>> In org-clock.el, the following definition is found:
>>
>> (defcustom org-clock-into-drawer org-log-into-drawer
>> "Should clocking info be wrapped into a drawer?
>> When t, clocking info will always be inserted into a :LOGBOOK: drawer.
>> If necessary, the drawer will be created.
>> When nil, the drawer will not be created, but used when present.
>> When an integer and the number of clocking entries in an item
>> reaches or exceeds this number, a drawer will be created.
>> When a string, it names the drawer to be used.
>>
>> The default for this variable is the value of `org-log-into-drawer',
>> which see."
>> …
>>
>> I can't make much sense of the last sentence which looks truncated.
>
> It means, please look at the variable org-log-into-drawer for
> more information. I have seen this idiom in Emacs
> in a number of places, so I assumed it is OK.
>
I agree with Achim, that idiom makes no sense to a native English
speaker. To make sense it should say something like ".... for which see
the doc string for `org-log-into-drawer', or even better the way Achim's
patch is worded.
Having just been picky, I must say that I am astounded by the general
high standard of English both on this list and in the org documentation,
from many people for whom it must be a second language. If only many of
our native English writers could communicate so clearly and with correct
grammar!
Ian.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-21 9:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-20 19:32 [Bug] Doc string for org-clock-into-drawer truncated? Achim Gratz
2011-06-21 7:49 ` Carsten Dominik
2011-06-21 9:18 ` Ian Barton [this message]
2011-06-26 15:27 ` Achim Gratz
2011-06-22 21:11 ` Achim Gratz
2011-06-26 16:10 ` [PATCH] Introduce CLOCK_INTO_DRAWER property like the existing LOG_INTO_DRAWER (was: [Bug] Doc string for org-clock-into-drawer truncated?) Achim Gratz
2011-06-27 10:14 ` [PATCH] Introduce CLOCK_INTO_DRAWER property like the existing LOG_INTO_DRAWER Bastien
2011-06-27 19:52 ` Achim Gratz
2011-06-28 16:38 ` Bastien
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