The "maintainer email address" is "bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" in most cases.
-** To not get acknowledgement mail from the tracker,
+** To not get acknowledgment mail from the tracker,
add an "X-Debbugs-No-Ack:" header (with any value). If you use Gnus,
you can add an element to gnus-posting-styles to do this automatically, eg:
+2012-07-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ Prefer typical American spelling for "acknowledgment".
+ * intro.texi (Acknowledgments): Rename from Acknowledgements.
+
2012-07-21 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
* commands.texi (Special Events): Mention language-change event.
* Lisp History:: Emacs Lisp is descended from Maclisp.
* Conventions:: How the manual is formatted.
* Version Info:: Which Emacs version is running?
-* Acknowledgements:: The authors, editors, and sponsors of this manual.
+* Acknowledgments:: The authors, editors, and sponsors of this manual.
Conventions
* Lisp History:: Emacs Lisp is descended from Maclisp.
* Conventions:: How the manual is formatted.
* Version Info:: Which Emacs version is running?
-* Acknowledgements:: The authors, editors, and sponsors of this manual.
+* Acknowledgments:: The authors, editors, and sponsors of this manual.
@end menu
@node Caveats
23.1, the value is 1.
@end defvar
-@node Acknowledgements
-@section Acknowledgements
+@node Acknowledgments
+@section Acknowledgments
This manual was originally written by Robert Krawitz, Bil Lewis, Dan
LaLiberte, Richard@tie{}M. Stallman and Chris Welty, the volunteers of
ARPA
Abbrev
-Acknowledgements
Alan
Arnold
Autoloading
.SH AUTHORS
.I Emacs
was written by Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation.
-For detailed credits and acknowledgements, see the GNU Emacs manual.
+For detailed credits and acknowledgments, see the GNU Emacs manual.
.
.
.
+2012-07-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ Prefer typical American spelling for "acknowledgment".
+ * calc.texi (History and Acknowledgments): Rename from
+ History and Acknowledgements.
+ * idlwave.texi (Acknowledgments):
+ * ses.texi (Acknowledgments):
+ * woman.texi (Acknowledgments): Rename from Acknowledgements.
+
2012-07-09 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Rename configure.in to configure.ac (Bug#11603).
* Notations Used in This Manual::
* Demonstration of Calc::
* Using Calc::
-* History and Acknowledgements::
+* History and Acknowledgments::
@end menu
@node What is Calc, About This Manual, Getting Started, Getting Started
Press @key{DEL} repeatedly to remove any leftover results from the stack.
To exit from Calc, press @kbd{q} or @kbd{C-x * c} again.
-@node Using Calc, History and Acknowledgements, Demonstration of Calc, Getting Started
+@node Using Calc, History and Acknowledgments, Demonstration of Calc, Getting Started
@section Using Calc
@noindent
its initial state: Empty stack, and initial mode settings.
@end table
-@node History and Acknowledgements, , Using Calc, Getting Started
-@section History and Acknowledgements
+@node History and Acknowledgments, , Using Calc, Getting Started
+@section History and Acknowledgments
@noindent
Calc was originally started as a two-week project to occupy a lull
input units.
If you want to disallow using inconsistent units, you can set the customizable variable
-@code{calc-ensure-consistent-units} to @code{t} (@pxref{Customizing Calc}). In this case,
+@code{calc-ensure-consistent-units} to @code{t} (@pxref{Customizing Calc}). In this case,
if you request units which are inconsistent with the original units, you will be warned about
it and no conversion will occur.
@end defvar
@defvar calc-ensure-consistent-units
-When converting units, the variable @code{calc-ensure-consistent-units}
-determines whether or not the target units need to be consistent with the
+When converting units, the variable @code{calc-ensure-consistent-units}
+determines whether or not the target units need to be consistent with the
original units. If @code{calc-ensure-consistent-units} is @code{nil}, then
-the target units don't need to have the same dimensions as the original units;
-for example, converting @samp{100 ft/s} to @samp{m} will produce @samp{30.48 m/s}.
-If @code{calc-ensure-consistent-units} is non-@code{nil}, then the target units
-need to have the same dimensions as the original units; for example, converting
-@samp{100 ft/s} to @samp{m} will result in an error, since @samp{ft/s} and @samp{m}
-have different dimensions. The default value of @code{calc-ensure-consistent-units}
+the target units don't need to have the same dimensions as the original units;
+for example, converting @samp{100 ft/s} to @samp{m} will produce @samp{30.48 m/s}.
+If @code{calc-ensure-consistent-units} is non-@code{nil}, then the target units
+need to have the same dimensions as the original units; for example, converting
+@samp{100 ft/s} to @samp{m} will result in an error, since @samp{ft/s} and @samp{m}
+have different dimensions. The default value of @code{calc-ensure-consistent-units}
is @code{nil}.
@end defvar
* Getting Started:: Tutorial
* The IDLWAVE Major Mode:: The mode for editing IDL programs
* The IDLWAVE Shell:: The mode for running IDL as an inferior program
-* Acknowledgements:: Who did what
+* Acknowledgments:: Who did what
* Sources of Routine Info:: How does IDLWAVE know about routine XYZ
* HTML Help Browser Tips::
* Configuration Examples:: The user is king
Normal hook. Executed when @file{idlwave.el} is loaded.
@end defopt
-@node The IDLWAVE Shell, Acknowledgements, The IDLWAVE Major Mode, Top
+@node The IDLWAVE Shell, Acknowledgments, The IDLWAVE Major Mode, Top
@chapter The IDLWAVE Shell
@cindex IDLWAVE shell
@cindex Major mode, @code{idlwave-shell-mode}
(three underscores) are replaced by the indicated expression.
@end defopt
-@node Acknowledgements, Sources of Routine Info, The IDLWAVE Shell, Top
-@chapter Acknowledgements
-@cindex Acknowledgements
+@node Acknowledgments, Sources of Routine Info, The IDLWAVE Shell, Top
+@chapter Acknowledgments
+@cindex Acknowledgments
@cindex Maintainer, of IDLWAVE
@cindex Authors, of IDLWAVE
@cindex Contributors, to IDLWAVE
@noindent
Thanks to everyone!
-@node Sources of Routine Info, HTML Help Browser Tips, Acknowledgements, Top
+@node Sources of Routine Info, HTML Help Browser Tips, Acknowledgments, Top
@appendix Sources of Routine Info
@cindex Sources of routine information
@cindex nested citations
@cindex citation
-A @dfn{citation} is the acknowledgement of the original author of a mail
+A @dfn{citation} is the acknowledgment of the original author of a mail
message in the body of the reply. There are two basic citation styles
which Supercite supports. The first, called @dfn{nested citations} is
an anonymous form of citation; in other words, an indication is made
* Advanced Features:: Want to know more?
* For Gurus:: Want to know @emph{even more}?
* Index:: Concept, Function and Variable Index
-* Acknowledgements:: Acknowledgements
+* Acknowledgments:: Acknowledgments
* GNU Free Documentation License:: The license for this documentation.
@end menu
@end table
@c ===================================================================
-@node Index, Acknowledgements, For Gurus, Top
+@node Index, Acknowledgments, For Gurus, Top
@unnumbered Index
@printindex cp
@c ===================================================================
-@node Acknowledgements, GNU Free Documentation License, Index, Top
-@chapter Acknowledgements
+@node Acknowledgments, GNU Free Documentation License, Index, Top
+@chapter Acknowledgments
Coding by:
@quotation
@c ===================================================================
-@node GNU Free Documentation License, , Acknowledgements, Top
+@node GNU Free Documentation License, , Acknowledgments, Top
@appendix GNU Free Documentation License
@include doclicense.texi
* Log:: The *WoMan-Log* Buffer
* Technical:: Technical Details
* Bugs:: Reporting Bugs
-* Acknowledgements:: Acknowledgements
+* Acknowledgments:: Acknowledgments
* GNU Free Documentation License:: The license for this documentation.
* Command Index:: Command Index
* Variable Index:: Variable Index
@c ===================================================================
-@node Bugs, Acknowledgements, Technical, Top
+@node Bugs, Acknowledgments, Technical, Top
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@chapter Reporting Bugs
@cindex reporting bugs
@c ===================================================================
-@node Acknowledgements, GNU Free Documentation License, Bugs, Top
+@node Acknowledgments, GNU Free Documentation License, Bugs, Top
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
-@chapter Acknowledgements
-@cindex acknowledgements
+@chapter Acknowledgments
+@cindex acknowledgments
For Heather, Kathryn and Madelyn, the women in my life (although they
will probably never use it)!
@page
-@node GNU Free Documentation License, Command Index, Acknowledgements, Top
+@node GNU Free Documentation License, Command Index, Acknowledgments, Top
@appendix GNU Free Documentation License
@include doclicense.texi
;; the Free Software Foundation Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
;;
-;; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
+;; ACKNOWLEDGMENT
;;
;; ¤³¤Î¼½ñ¤Ï¡¢SKK ¸¶ºî¼Ô¤Îº´Æ£²íɧÀèÀ¸¤¬¡¢Âè 1 ÈǺîÀ®¤Î¤¿¤á¤ËÅìËÌÂç³Ø
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;; the Free Software Foundation Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
;;
-;; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
+;; ACKNOWLEDGMENT
;;
;; ¤³¤Î¼½ñ¤Ï¡¢SKK ¸¶ºî¼Ô¤Îº´Æ£²íɧÀèÀ¸¤¬¡¢Âè 1 ÈǺîÀ®¤Î¤¿¤á¤ËÅìËÌÂç³Ø
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+2012-07-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ Prefer typical American spelling for "acknowledgment".
+ * vc/add-log.el (change-log-acknowledgment): Rename from
+ change-log-acknowledgement, with an alias for the old name.
+
2012-07-25 Jay Belanger <jay.p.belanger@gmail.com>
* calc-alg.el (math-simplify-divide): Don't cross multiply
;; superior to that of the LISPM version.
;;
;;-----------------------------------------------
-;; Acknowledgements
+;; Acknowledgments
;;-----------------------------------------------
;; Cliff Lasser (cal@think.com), Kevin Herbert (kph@cisco.com),
;; eero@media-lab, kgk@cs.brown.edu, jla@ai.mit.edu,
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-;;; Acknowledgements
+;;; Acknowledgments
;; The rectangle handling and display code borrows from the standard
;; GNU emacs rect.el package and the rect-mark.el package by Rick
;; (require 'viper)
;;
-;;; Acknowledgements:
-;; -----------------
+;;; Acknowledgments:
+;; ----------------
;; Bug reports and ideas contributed by many users have helped
;; improve Viper and the various versions of VIP.
;; See the on-line manual for a complete list of contributors.
;; opposite situation to occur, that `hippie-expand' misses some
;; suggestion because it thinks it has already tried it.
;;
-;; Acknowledgement
+;; Acknowledgment
;;
;; I want to thank Mikael Djurfeldt in discussions with whom the idea
;; of this function took form.
;; can be used by other packages to read a buffer name, a file name,
;; or a directory name in the `ido' way.
-;;; Acknowledgements
+;;; Acknowledgments
;; Infinite amounts of gratitude goes to Stephen Eglen <stephen@cns.ed.ac.uk>
;; who wrote iswitch-buffer mode - from which I ripped off 99% of the code
;;; TODO
-;;; Acknowledgements
+;;; Acknowledgments
;; Thanks to Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@poboxes.com> for help with the
;; first version of this package, iswitch-buffer. Thanks also to many
(insert ". Please check that
the From: line contains a valid email address. After a delay of up
-to one day, you should receive an acknowledgement at that address.
+to one day, you should receive an acknowledgment at that address.
Please write in English if possible, as the Emacs maintainers
usually do not have translators for other languages.\n\n")))
;; Useful settings for VM
;; vm-auto-get-new-mail should be t (the default).
-;; Acknowledgements
+;; Acknowledgments
;; Thanks to jond@mitre.org (Jonathan Doughty) for help with code for
;; setting up vm-spool-files.
;;
;; this is intended as a replacement for mailto.el
;;
-;; acknowledgements:
+;; acknowledgments:
;;
;; the functions that deal w/ unhexifying in this file were basically
;; taken from w3 -- i hope to replace them w/ something else soon OR
;; making comments visible in the expansion.
;; - All work is done in core memory, no need for temporary files.
-;; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ==================================================
+;; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ===================================================
;; A lot of thanks to Don Maszle who did a great work of testing, bug
;; reporting and suggestion of new features. This work has been
;; example: this_is_a_valid.name, Another_EXAMPLE, mIxEd.CaSe.
;;
;;
-;; Acknowledgements
-;; ----------------
+;; Acknowledgments
+;; ---------------
;;
;; Thanks to Matthew K. Junker <junker@alum.mit.edu> for the suggestion to deal
;; with %right, %left and %prec pragmas. His suggestion was extended to deal
;; . Optimizations...
;;
;;
-;; Acknowledgements
-;; ----------------
+;; Acknowledgments
+;; ---------------
;;
;; Thanks to Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> for some doc fixes.
;;
;; VHDL Mode distribution.
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
-;; Acknowledgements
+;; Acknowledgments
;; Electrification ideas by Bob Pack <rlpst@cislabs.pitt.edu>
;; and Steve Grout.
(mra) architecture is selected. If another architecture is desired, it
can be marked as most-recently-analyzed (speedbar menu) before
generating the configuration.
-
+
Note: Configurations of subcomponents (i.e. hierarchical configuration
declarations) are currently not considered when displaying
configurations in speedbar.
(save-excursion
(goto-char new)
(eq new (progn (back-to-indentation) (point)))))
- (setq placeholder new)))
+ (setq placeholder new)))
(vhdl-add-syntax 'statement-cont placeholder)
(if begin-after-ip
(vhdl-add-syntax 'block-open)))
(define-obsolete-face-alias 'change-log-function-face
'change-log-function "22.1")
-(defface change-log-acknowledgement
+(defface change-log-acknowledgment
'((t (:inherit font-lock-comment-face)))
"Face for highlighting acknowledgments."
:version "21.1"
:group 'change-log)
+(define-obsolete-face-alias 'change-log-acknowledgement
+ 'change-log-acknowledgment "24.2")
(define-obsolete-face-alias 'change-log-acknowledgement-face
- 'change-log-acknowledgement "22.1")
+ 'change-log-acknowledgment "22.1")
(defconst change-log-file-names-re "^\\( +\\|\t\\)\\* \\([^ ,:([\n]+\\)")
(defconst change-log-start-entry-re "^\\sw.........[0-9:+ ]*")
;; Function of change.
("<\\([^>\n]+\\)>\\(:\\| (\\)" (1 'change-log-function))
;;
- ;; Acknowledgements.
+ ;; Acknowledgments.
;; Don't include plain "From" because that is vague;
;; we want to encourage people to say something more specific.
;; Note that the FSF does not use "Patches by"; our convention
;; is to put the name of the author of the changes at the top
;; of the change log entry.
("\\(^\\( +\\|\t\\)\\| \\)\\(Thanks to\\|Patch\\(es\\)? by\\|Report\\(ed by\\| from\\)\\|Suggest\\(ed by\\|ion from\\)\\)"
- 3 'change-log-acknowledgement))
+ 3 'change-log-acknowledgment))
"Additional expressions to highlight in Change Log mode.")
(defun change-log-search-file-name (where)
;; and on any buffer.
-;;; Acknowledgements:
+;;; Acknowledgments:
;; Ediff was inspired by Dale R. Worley's <drw@math.mit.edu> emerge.el.
;; Ediff would not have been possible without the help and encouragement of
(list (cons (nth 1 vc-git-root-log-format)
(nth 2 vc-git-root-log-format)))
(append
- `((,log-view-message-re (1 'change-log-acknowledgement)))
+ `((,log-view-message-re (1 'change-log-acknowledgment)))
;; Handle the case:
;; user: foo@bar
'(("^Author:[ \t]+\\([A-Za-z0-9_.+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9_.-]+\\)"
(1 'change-log-name)
(2 'change-log-email))
("^Merge: \\([0-9a-z]+\\) \\([0-9a-z]+\\)"
- (1 'change-log-acknowledgement)
- (2 'change-log-acknowledgement))
+ (1 'change-log-acknowledgment)
+ (2 'change-log-acknowledgment))
("^Date: \\(.+\\)" (1 'change-log-date))
("^summary:[ \t]+\\(.+\\)" (1 'log-view-message)))))))
;; buffer is visited or written.
;;
;;
-;; Acknowledgements
-;; ----------------
+;; Acknowledgments
+;; ---------------
;;
;; Thanks to felix (EmacsWiki) for keeping highlight when switching between
;; major modes on a file.
;; (setq windmove-window-distance-delta 2)
;;
-;; Acknowledgements:
+;; Acknowledgments:
;;
;; Special thanks to Julian Assange (proff@iq.org), whose
;; change-windows-intuitively.el predates Windmove, and provided the
;; http://cm.bell-labs.com/7thEdMan/
-;; Acknowledgements
-;; ================
+;; Acknowledgments
+;; ===============
;; For Heather, Kathryn and Madelyn, the women in my life
;; (although they will probably never use it)!